The relationship between Pacific hake (Merluccius productus) distribution and poleward subsurface flow in the California Current System

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 63, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 2648-2659

  Agostini, Vera N ^a,d   Francis, Robert C ^a   Hollowed, Anne B ^b   Pierce, Stephen D ^c   Wilson, Chris ^b   Hendrix, Albert N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b ALASKA FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^c OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN SYSTEM; COMMERCIAL SPECIES; FISHERY SURVEY; GADOID FISHERY; MIGRATORY POPULATION; PELAGIC FISH; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SUBSURFACE FLOW; UNDERCURRENT;

CALIFORNIA CURRENT; PACIFIC OCEAN;

MERLUCCIUS PRODUCTUS; REXEA SOLANDRI;

EID: 33947104938     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/F06-139     Document Type: Article

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