Sandeel (Ammodytes marinus) larval transport patterns in the North Sea from an individual-based hydrodynamic egg and larval model

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 65, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1498-1511

  Christensen, Asbjørn ^a   Jensen, Henrik ^a   Mosegaard, Henrik ^a   St John, Mike ^b   Schrum, Corinna ^a,c  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONNECTIVITY; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; EEL; GROWTH MODELING; HYDRODYNAMICS; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; LARVAL TRANSPORT; MORTALITY; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); TIME SERIES;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; NORTH SEA;

AMMODYTES MARINUS;

EID: 46849087972     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/F08-073     Document Type: Article

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