Stratification and tidal current effects on larval transport in the eastern English Channel: Observations and 3D modeling

Environmental Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 305-331

  Sentchev, Alexei ^a   Korotenko, Konstantin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU LITTORAL CÔTE D OPALE   (France)

^b SHIRSHOV INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

English Channel; Freshwater buoyancy; Larval transport; Particle tracking; Tides

Indexed keywords

BUOYANCY; ICHTHYOPLANKTON; LARVAL TRANSPORT; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; STRATIFICATION; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; TIDAL CURRENT;

ENGLISH CHANNEL; EURASIA; EUROPE; WESTERN EUROPE;

PLATICHTHYS FLESUS; PLEURONECTES; PLEURONECTOIDEI;

EID: 4344561227     PISSN: 15677419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:EFMC.0000024246.39646.1d     Document Type: Article

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