Characteristic ichthyoplankton taxa in the separation zone of the East Australian Current: Larval assemblages as tracers of coastal mixing

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 58, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 678-690

  Syahailatua, Augy ^a,c   Roughan, Moninya ^a,b   Suthers, Iain M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b SYDNEY INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (Australia)

^c INDONESIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCES   (Indonesia)

Author keywords

Coastal upwelling; Continental shelf; East Australian Current; Herring; Ichthyoplankton assemblage; Larval fish diversity; Separation zone; Topographic; Trevally; Water type property; Western boundary current; Wind driven

Indexed keywords

COASTAL UPWELLING; CONTINENTAL SHELF; EAST AUSTRALIAN CURRENT; HERRING; ICHTHYOPLANKTON; LARVAL FISHES; SEPARATION ZONE; TOPOGRAPHIC; TREVALLY; WATER TYPE PROPERTY; WESTERN BOUNDARY CURRENTS;

COASTAL ENGINEERING; FISH; OCEAN HABITATS;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

CLUPEOID; CONTINENTAL SHELF; ICHTHYOPLANKTON; LIFE HISTORY; OLIGOTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TOPOGRAPHIC MAPPING; TRACER; UPWELLING; WATER MASS; WESTERN BOUNDARY CURRENT; WIND-DRIVEN CIRCULATION;

EAST AUSTRALIAN CURRENT; PACIFIC OCEAN;

CALLIONYMIDAE; CARANGIDAE; CLUPEIDAE; LABRIDAE; LUTJANIDAE; MICROCANTHIDAE; MYCTOPHIDAE; PLATYCEPHALIDAE; SARDINOPS SAGAX; SCOMBRIDAE; SILLAGINIDAE; TRACHURUS;

EID: 79951551559     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr2.2010.10.004     Document Type: Article

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