Larval assemblages of large and medium-sized pelagic species in the Straits of Florida

Progress in Oceanography

Volumn 86, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 8-20

  Richardson, David E ^a   Llopiz, Joel K ^a   Guigand, Cedric M ^a   Cowen, Robert K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORYPHAENA HIPPURUS; DAY-LENGTH; EARLY LIFE; ENVIRONMENTAL CHARACTERISTIC; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS; FISHERIES MANAGEMENT; FLORIDA; FLORIDA CURRENT; KATSUWONUS PELAMIS; LIFE HISTORY; MULTI VARIATE ANALYSIS; NUMBER OF SPECIES; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; PELAGIC FISH; PELAGIC SPECIES; PELAMIS; RARE SPECIES; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURES; THERMOCLINE DEPTH; THUNNUS OBESUS; THUNNUS THYNNUS;

MULTIVARIANT ANALYSIS;

ECOSYSTEMS;

BIOLOGICAL SURVEY; BODY SIZE; DISPERSAL; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; HABITAT AVAILABILITY; HABITAT SELECTION; LARVA; PELAGIC ECOSYSTEM; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEASONALITY; SPAWNING; SPECIES DIVERSITY; THERMOCLINE;

STRAITS OF FLORIDA;

AUXIS; CORYPHAENA HIPPURUS; EUTHYNNUS; GEMPYLIDAE; ISTIOPHORUS PLATYPTERUS; KATSUWONUS PELAMIS; LAMPRIS GUTTATUS; MAKAIRA NIGRICANS; PISCES; RUVETTUS PRETIOSUS; SCOMBRIDAE; TETRAPTURUS PFLUEGERI; THUNNUS OBESUS; THUNNUS THYNNUS; TRACHIPTERIDAE; XIPHIAS GLADIUS;

EID: 77955886647     PISSN: 00796611     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pocean.2010.04.005     Document Type: Article

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