Distribution of whitemouth croaker (Micropogonias furnieri, Desmarest 1823) larvae in the Río de la Plata estuarine front

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 82, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 557-565

  Braverman, Mara S ^a,c   Acha, E Marcelo ^a,b,c   Gagliardini, Domingo A ^c,d,e   Rivarossa, Martín ^d  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE INVESTIGACIÓN Y DESARROLLO PESQUERO INIDEP   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE MAR DEL PLATA   (Argentina)

^c Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

^d INSTITUTO DE ASTRONOMÍA Y FÍSICA DEL ESPACIO   (Argentina)

^e CENTRO NACIONAL PATAGÓNICO   (Argentina)

Author keywords

fish larvae; larvae retention; R o de la Plata estuary (35 S 56 W); salinity front; Sciaenids; turbidity front

Indexed keywords

ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; LARVA; OCEANOGRAPHY; SALINITY; SAMPLING; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TEMPORAL DISTRIBUTION; TURBIDITY;

RIO DE LA PLATA; SOUTH AMERICA;

ARGYROSOMUS MACROPHTHALMUS; MICROPOGONIAS FURNIERI; SCIAENIDAE;

EID: 67349187706     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2009.02.018     Document Type: Article

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