Ichthyoplankton transport from the African coast to the Canary Islands

Journal of Marine Systems

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 109-122

  Brochier, Timothée ^a,b   Mason, Evan ^b   Moyano, Marta ^b   Berraho, Amina ^c   Colas, Francois ^d   Sangrà, Pablo ^b   Hernández León, Santiago ^b   Ettahiri, Omar ^c   Lett, Christophe ^e  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAS PALMAS DE GRAN CANARIA   (Spain)

^c Institut National de Recherche Halieutique   (Morocco)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e Université Pierre et Marie Curie   (France)

Author keywords

Canary Current; Gran Canaria; Hydrodynamic model; Ichthyoplankton; Lagrangian model; Pelagic fish; Transport; Upwelling filaments

Indexed keywords

CANARY CURRENT; GRAN CANARIA; HYDRODYNAMIC MODEL; ICHTHYOPLANKTON; LAGRANGIAN MODEL; PELAGIC FISH; TRANSPORT; UPWELLING FILAMENTS;

FLUID DYNAMICS; HYDRODYNAMICS; LAGRANGE MULTIPLIERS;

COASTAL ZONES;

CONTINENTAL SHELF; HYDRODYNAMICS; ICHTHYOPLANKTON; LAGRANGIAN ANALYSIS; LARVAL TRANSPORT; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; PELAGIC FISH; SPAWNING; UPWELLING;

AFRICA; CANARY ISLANDS; SPAIN;

ENGRAULIDAE;

EID: 79955523307     PISSN: 09247963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmarsys.2011.02.025     Document Type: Article

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