Cyclonic eddies reveal Oegopsida squid egg balloon masses in the Agulhas Current, South Africa

African Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 239-246

  Roberts, M J ^a,b   Zemlak, T ^c   Connell, A ^d  

^a Oceans and Coasts   (South Africa)

^b Bayworld   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^d SOUTH AFRICAN INSTITUTE FOR AQUATIC BIODIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

DNA barcoding; Egg masses; In situ observations; Larvae; Lycoteuthidae; Spawning; Upwelling

Indexed keywords

CEPHALOPOD; CONTINENTAL SLOPE; CYCLONE; EDDY; EGG; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; LARVA; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SCUBA DIVING; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SHELF BREAK; SPAWNING; UPWELLING;

AGULHAS CURRENT; INDIAN OCEAN; SOUTH AFRICA;

CEPHALOPODA; LYCOTEUTHIDAE; LYCOTEUTHIS; OEGOPSIDA;

EID: 84855739642     PISSN: 1814232X     EISSN: 18142338     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2989/1814232X.2011.600294     Document Type: Article

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