Spawning, larval abundance and growth rate of Sardinops sagax off Southwestern Australia: Influence of an anomalous eastern boundary current

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 364, Issue , 2008, Pages 157-167

  Muhling, B A ^a   Beckley, L E ^a   Gaughan, D J ^b   Jones, C M ^a   Miskiewicz, A G ^c   Hesp, S A ^a  

^a MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Department of Fisheries Western Australia ^*  (Australia)

^c Wollongong City Council   (Australia)

Author keywords

Biological oceanography; Fish eggs; Fish larvae; Leeuwin current; Sardinops sagax

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; CLUPEOID; CONTINENTAL SHELF; EGG PRODUCTION; GROWTH RATE; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SHELF BREAK; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPAWNING; TEMPORAL DISTRIBUTION;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; INDIAN OCEAN; LEEUWIN CURRENT;

SARDINOPS SAGAX;

EID: 50149097742     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps07480     Document Type: Article

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