Role of mesoscale eddies in shaping the spatial distribution of the coexisting Engraulis encrasicolus and Sardinella aurita larvae in the northwestern Mediterranean

Journal of Marine Systems

Volumn 111-112, Issue , 2013, Pages 108-119

  Sabatés, Ana ^a   Salat, Jordi ^a   Raya, Vanesa ^a   Emelianov, Mikhail ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

Author keywords

Circulation; Eddies; Engraulis encrasicolus; Larvae; Mediterranean; Sardinella aurita

Indexed keywords

EDDIES; ENGRAULIS ENCRASICOLUS; LARVAE; MEDITERRANEAN; SARDINELLA;

AQUACULTURE; BOILER CIRCULATION; MARINE ENGINEERING;

SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

ANTICYCLONE; CLUPEOID; COEXISTENCE; CONTINENTAL SLOPE; DISPERSION; FOOD AVAILABILITY; LARVA; LARVAL TRANSPORT; MESOSCALE EDDY; SHELF BREAK; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPAWNING; SURVIVAL;

CATALAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

ENGRAULIDAE; ENGRAULIS ENCRASICOLUS; SARDINELLA AURITA;

EID: 84872656620     PISSN: 09247963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmarsys.2012.10.002     Document Type: Article

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