Varying mesoscale structures influence larval fish distribution in the northern Gulf of Mexico

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 463, Issue , 2012, Pages 245-257

  Lindo Atichati, David ^a,b,c   Bringas, Francis ^a,b   Goni, Gustavo ^b   Muhling, Barbara ^a,d   Muller Karger, Frank E ^e   Habtes, Sennai ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b ATLANTIC OCEANOGRAPHIC AND METEOROLOGICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

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

^d NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Fisheries oceanography; Fronts and eddies; Ichthyoplankton distribution; Loop Current; Mesoscale variability; Thunnus thynnus

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; FISH; ICHTHYOPLANKTON; MESOSCALE EDDY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SATELLITE ALTIMETRY; SATELLITE DATA; WATER MASS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO; LOOP CURRENT;

AUXIS; CORYPHAENA; EUTHYNNUS ALLETTERATUS; THUNNUS; THUNNUS THYNNUS;

EID: 84865745697     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps09860     Document Type: Article

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