Influence of oceanic factors on Anguilla anguilla (L.) over the twentieth century in coastal habitats of the Skagerrak, southern Norway

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 278, Issue 1704, 2011, Pages 464-473

  Durif, Caroline M F ^a   Gjøsæter, Jakob ^a   Vøllestad, L Asbjørn ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF MARINE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Anguilla anguilla; European eel; Oceanic factors; Population decline; Time series

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; COASTAL ZONE; DATA SET; EEL; ENDANGERED SPECIES; GYRE; HIGH TEMPERATURE; INFLOW; LARVA; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; METAMORPHOSIS; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; OCEANIC CURRENT; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); RED LIST; SEA SURFACE; SPAWNING GROUND; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TIME SERIES; TWENTIETH CENTURY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF STREAM; NORTH SEA; NORWAY; SARGASSO SEA; SKAGERRAK;

ANGUILLA ANGUILLA;

EID: 79251519320     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2010.1547     Document Type: Conference Paper

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