Impact of the North Atlantic Oscillation on the trans-Atlantic migrations of the European eel (Anguilla anguilla)

Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences

Volumn 113, Issue 3, 2008, Pages

  Kettle, A James ^a   Bakker, Dorothee C E ^a   Haines, Keith ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; AUTOCORRELATION; CLIMATE EFFECT; EEL; MIGRATION; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; POPULATION DECLINE; SPAWNING GROUND; SURVIVAL; TIME SERIES;

AFRICA; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BENELUX; CENTRAL EUROPE; DENMARK; EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; GERMANY; IRELAND; ITALY; MOROCCO; NETHERLANDS; NORTH AFRICA; NORTHERN EUROPE; NORWAY; POLAND; PORTUGAL; SARGASSO SEA; SCANDINAVIA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN; SWEDEN; TUNISIA; TURKEY; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

ANGUILLA ANGUILLA;

EID: 68349131042     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007JG000589     Document Type: Article

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