Biophysical factors affecting the distribution of demersal fish around the head of a submarine canyon off the bonney coast, South Australia

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Currie, David R ^a   McClatchie, Sam ^b   Middleton, John F ^a   Nayar, Sasi ^a  

^a SOUTH AUSTRALIAN RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHYLL; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; NITROGEN; ORGANIC CARBON; SURFACE WATER; SEA WATER;

AIRFLOW; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BIOMASS; BIOPHYSICS; CHLOROPHYLL CONTENT; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DEMERSAL FISH; NEAR BED WATER TEMPERATURE; NONHUMAN; ORGANISM COMMUNITY; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; RARE SPECIES; SALINITY; SAMPLING; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEDIMENT; SHARK; SPECIES COMPOSITION; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES RICHNESS; THERMAL WIND CURRENT; WATER TEMPERATURE; WIND; ZONATION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOTA; ECOSYSTEM; FISH; GEOGRAPHY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; SHIP; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TEMPERATURE; WATER FLOW;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; BIOPHYSICAL PHENOMENA; BIOTA; ECOSYSTEM; FISHES; GEOGRAPHY; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SALINITY; SEAWATER; SHIPS; SOUTH AUSTRALIA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TEMPERATURE; WATER MOVEMENTS; WIND;

EID: 84855664255     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0030138     Document Type: Article

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