Krill aggregation in the St. Lawrence system, and supply of krill to the whale feeding grounds in the estuary from the gulf

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 314, Issue , 2006, Pages 257-270

  Sourisseau, M ^a   Simard, Y ^a,b   Saucier, F J ^b  

^a MAURICE LAMONTAGNE INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b INSTITUT DES SCIENCES DE LA MER DE RIMOUSKI   (Canada)

Author keywords

3D modelling; Advection; Aggregation; Hydrodynamic circulation; Krill; Macrozooplankton; Vertical migration

Indexed keywords

CIRCULATION MODELING; CRUSTACEAN; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; FEEDING GROUND; THERMOCLINE; VERTICAL MIGRATION; WHALE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; CANADA; GULF OF SAINT LAWRENCE; LAURENTIAN CHANNEL; NORTH AMERICA; QUEBEC [CANADA]; SAINT LAWRENCE ESTUARY;

CETACEA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); EUPHAUSIACEA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 33745619784     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps314257     Document Type: Article

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