Environmental control of Northeast Atlantic mackerel (Scomber scombrus) recruitment in the southern Bay of Biscay: Case study of failure in the year 2000

Fisheries Oceanography

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 397-414

  Villamor, B ^a   Gonzalez Pola, C ^b   Lavin A ^a   Valdes L ^c   Lago De Lanzos A ^d   Franco, C ^d   Cabanas, J M ^e   Bernal, M ^f,g   Hernandez, C ^a   Iglesias, M ^h   Carrera, P ⁱ   Porteiro, C ^e  

^a Centro Oceanográfico de Santander   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO ESPAÑOL DE OCEANOGRAFÍA   (Spain)

^c Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO   (France)

^d INSTITUTO ESPAÑOL DE OCEANOGRAFÍA   (Spain)

^e Instituto Español de Oceanografía Subida a Radio Faro   (Spain)

^f Centro Oceanográfico de Cádiz   (Spain)

^g INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

^h Centro Oceanográfico de Baleares   (Spain)

ⁱ Museo do Mar de Galicia   (Spain)

Author keywords

Birthdate distribution; Environmental conditions; Larval distribution; Mackerel; Recruitment; Scomber scombrus

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC SURVEY; ADVECTION; BIRTH DATE; COASTAL ZONE; EGG; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; HYDROGRAPHY; JUVENILE; LARVA; METEOROLOGY; OCEANOGRAPHY; OTOLITH; PERCIFORM; PERTURBATION; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); SHELF WAVE; SPAWNING GROUND; STORM; SURVIVAL; TIME SERIES; WIND VELOCITY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BAY OF BISCAY; GALICIA [SPAIN]; IBERIAN PENINSULA; SPAIN;

SCOMBER SCOMBRUS;

EID: 79961144589     PISSN: 10546006     EISSN: 13652419     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2419.2011.00592.x     Document Type: Article

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