Environmental variability and growth histories of larval Japanese sardine (Sardinops melanostictus) and Japanese anchovy (Engraulis japonicus) near the frontal area of the Kuroshio

Fisheries Oceanography

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 114-124

  Itoh, Sachihiko ^a   Saruwatari, Toshiro ^a   Nishikawa, Haruka ^a   Yasuda, Ichiro ^a   Komatsu, Kosei ^a   Tsuda, Atsushi ^a   Setou, Takashi ^b   Shimizu, Manabu ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b FISHERIES RESEARCH AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anchovy; Growth; Kuroshio current; Larva; Numerical model; Otolith; Sardine; Temperature; Transport

Indexed keywords

CLUPEOID; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FRONTAL FEATURE; GROWTH RATE; HATCHING; LARVAL TRANSPORT; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MICROSTRUCTURE; NUMERICAL MODEL; OTOLITH; SAMPLING; SPAWNING; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT;

KUROSHIO CURRENT; PACIFIC OCEAN;

ENGRAULIDAE; ENGRAULIS JAPONICUS; SARDINOPS MELANOSTICTUS;

EID: 79751517907     PISSN: 10546006     EISSN: 13652419     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2419.2011.00572.x     Document Type: Article

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