Broad-scale distribution patterns of sardine and their predators in relation to remotely sensed environmental conditions during the KwaZulu-Natal sardine run

African Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 279-291

  O'Donoghue, S H ^a   Drapeau, L ^b   Peddemors, V M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^b INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^c Natal Sharks Board   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Bottlenose dolphin; Cape gannet; Chlorophyll a; Common dolphin; Delphinus capensis; Environment; MODIS; Morus capensis; Remote sensing; Sardine run; Sardinops sagax; SST; Tursiops aduncus

Indexed keywords

AERIAL SURVEY; CHLOROPHYLL; CLUPEOID; COASTAL ZONE; DOLPHIN; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; MODIS; NEARSHORE ENVIRONMENT; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; REMOTE SENSING; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

AGULHAS CURRENT; DURBAN; EASTERN CAPE; INDIAN OCEAN; KWAZULU-NATAL; SOUTH AFRICA;

DELPHINUS CAPENSIS; DELPHINUS DELPHIS; MORUS (ANGIOSPERM); MORUS CAPENSIS; SARDINOPS SAGAX; TURSIOPS; TURSIOPS ADUNCUS;

EID: 78149436426     PISSN: 1814232X     EISSN: 18142338     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2989/1814232x.2010.501584     Document Type: Article

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