Filamentation and eddy-eddy interactions in marine larval accumulation and transport

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 472, Issue , 2013, Pages 27-44

  Harrison, Cheryl S ^a   Siegel, David A ^b   Mitarai, Satoshi ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c OKINAWA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY GRADUATE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Coastal oceanography; Fisheries; Lagrangian coherent structures; Larval transport; Marine ecology

Indexed keywords

BIOACCUMULATION; CIRCULATION MODELING; EDDY; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; LAGRANGIAN ANALYSIS; LARVAL TRANSPORT; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; OCEANOGRAPHY; PELAGIC ENVIRONMENT; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; UPWELLING;

EID: 84872735933     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps10061     Document Type: Article

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