High-frequency patterns in abundance of larval Pacific hake, Merluccius productus, and rockfish, Sebastes spp., at a single fixed station off central California

Fisheries Oceanography

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 383-394

  Sakuma, Keith M ^a   Ralston, Stephen ^a   Roberts, Dale A ^b  

^a SOUTHWEST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Diel patterns; Ichthyoplankton surveys; Mixed layer; Temporal variability

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; DIEL VARIATION; GADOID; ICHTHYOPLANKTON; LARVA; MIXED LAYER; POPULATION GROWTH; TELEOST; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

MERLUCCIUS PRODUCTUS; SEBASTES; SEBASTES JORDANI; TRAGELAPHUS EURYCERUS;

EID: 34250743723     PISSN: 10546006     EISSN: 13652419     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2419.2007.00440.x     Document Type: Article

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