Influence of environmental conditions on spatial distribution and abundance of early life stages of antarctic silverfish, pleuragramma antarcticum (nototheniidae), in the Ross Sea

Antarctic Science

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 243-254

  La Mesa, Mario ^a   Catalano, Barbara ^b   Russo, Aniello ^c   Greco, Silvio ^b   Vacchi, Marino ^b   Azzali, Massimo ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCES   (Italy)

^b INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AND RESEARCH ISPRA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

Author keywords

larvae and juveniles; nototheniid; oceanography; Southern Ocean

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ALGAL BLOOM; LIFE CYCLE; PACK ICE; PERCIFORM; PHYTOPLANKTON; POLYNYA; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; WATER COLUMN; WATER MASS;

ANTARCTICA; ROSS SEA; SOUTHERN OCEAN;

ALGAE; NOTOTHENIIDAE; PLEURAGRAMMA ANTARCTICUM;

EID: 77954505315     PISSN: 09541020     EISSN: 13652079     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0954102009990721     Document Type: Article

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