The ichthyoplankton assemblage and the environmental variables off the NW and N Iberian Peninsula coasts, in early spring

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 29, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1145-1156

  Rodriguez, J M ^a   Gonzalez Nuevo, G ^a   Gonzalez Pola, C ^a   Cabal, J ^a  

^a INSTITUTO ESPAÑOL DE OCEANOGRAFÍA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Composition; Horizontal patterns; Ichthyoplankton; Larval assemblages; NE Atlantic

Indexed keywords

BENTHOS; FISH; FLUORESCENCE; ICHTHYOPLANKTON; LARVA; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BAY OF BISCAY; EURASIA; EUROPE; IBERIAN PENINSULA; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

SARDINA PILCHARDUS;

EID: 64049087590     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2008.11.020     Document Type: Article

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