Importance of scale to the relationship between abundance of sardine larvae, stability, and food

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1570-1579

  McClatchie, Sam ^a,b   Rogers, Paul J ^a   McLeay, Lachie ^a  

^a SOUTH AUSTRALIAN RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^b SOUTHWEST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; CLUPEOID; FOOD SUPPLY; LARVA; PHYTOPLANKTON; WATER COLUMN; ZOOPLANKTON;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; SOUTH AUSTRALIA;

SARDINOPS SAGAX;

EID: 34547164310     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.2007.52.4.1570     Document Type: Article

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