The effects of survey design and circulation pattern on the perceived abundance of herring larvae: A case study for Norwegian spring spawning herring (Clupea harengus)

Fisheries Oceanography

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 363-373

  Stenevik, Erling K ^a   Nash, Richard D M ^a   Vikebø, Frode ^a   Fossum, Petter ^a   Bakkeplass, Kjell ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MARINE RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Herring; Larvae; Norway coast; Ocean model; Particle tracking; Survey design

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIOLOGICAL SURVEY; BREEDING POPULATION; CLUPEOID; HATCHING; LARVAL TRANSPORT; NUMERICAL MODEL; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; PERCEPTION; SAMPLING; STOCK ASSESSMENT; TRACKING;

ARCTIC OCEAN; NORWEGIAN SEA;

CLUPEA HARENGUS; CLUPEIDAE;

EID: 84864070702     PISSN: 10546006     EISSN: 13652419     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2419.2012.00631.x     Document Type: Article

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