Temporal and along-shelf distribution of the larval fish assemblage at Gran Canaria, Canary Islands;Variaciones estacionales y espaciales de la comunidad de larvas de peces de Gran Canaria, Islas Canarias

Scientia Marina

Volumn 73, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2009, Pages 85-96

  Moyano, Marta ^a   Hernández León, Santiago ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAS PALMAS DE GRAN CANARIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Ichthyoplankton; Larval assemblages; Lunar illumination; Mesozooplankton; Seasonal variation

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; FISH; LARVA; MIXING; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEASONALITY; SPATIAL VARIATION; STRATIFICATION; SURVIVAL; WATER COLUMN; ZOOPLANKTON;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CANARY ISLANDS; EURASIA; EUROPE; GRAN CANARIA; LAS PALMAS; MACARONESIA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

CLUPEIDAE; GONOSTOMATIDAE; MYCTOPHIDAE; SPARIDAE;

EID: 70350731586     PISSN: 02148358     EISSN: 18868134     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3989/scimar.2009.73s1085     Document Type: Article

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