The effects of seasonal and interannual variability of oceanic structure in the western Pacific North Equatorial Current on larval transport of the Japanese eel Anguilla japonica

Journal of Fish Biology

Volumn 74, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1878-1890

  Zenimoto, K ^a   Kitagawa, T ^a   Miyazaki, S ^a   Sasai, Y ^b   Sasaki, H ^b   Kimura, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

ENSO; Lagrangian modelling; NEC bifurcation; Oceanic migration; Recruitment success

Indexed keywords

SEA WATER;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EEL; EL NINO; LARVA; SEASON; THEORETICAL MODEL; WATER FLOW;

ANGUILLA; ANIMALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; LARVA; MODELS, THEORETICAL; SEASONS; SEAWATER; WATER MOVEMENTS;

ANGUILLA JAPONICA;

EID: 68349150488     PISSN: 00221112     EISSN: 10958649     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2009.02295.x     Document Type: Article

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