Growth variability and stable isotope composition of two larval carangid fishes in the East Australian Current: The role of upwelling in the separation zone

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 58, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 691-698

  Syahailatua, Augy ^a,b,c   Taylor, Matthew D ^a,b   Suthers, Iain M ^a,b  

^a SYDNEY INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c INDONESIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCES   (Indonesia)

Author keywords

Feeding niche; Flexion; Larvae; Pseudocaranx; Stable isotope; Trachurus

Indexed keywords

FLEXION; LARVAE; PSEUDOCARANX; STABLE ISOTOPE; TRACHURUS;

CHLOROPHYLL; FLUORESCENCE; ISOTOPES;

ECOLOGY;

CARBON ISOTOPE; FOOD AVAILABILITY; GROWTH MODELING; GROWTH RATE; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; PERCIFORM; POPULATION DENSITY; STABLE ISOTOPE; UPWELLING; WATER MASS;

EAST AUSTRALIAN CURRENT; PACIFIC OCEAN;

CARANGIDAE; PISCES; PRIACANTHUS HAMRUR; PSEUDOCARANX; PSEUDOCARANX DENTEX; TRACHURUS; TRACHURUS NOVAEZELANDIAE;

EID: 79951554189     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr2.2010.06.009     Document Type: Article

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