Environmental forcing and the larval fish community associated to the Atlantic bluefin tuna spawning habitat of the Balearic region (Western Mediterranean), in early summer 2005

Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers

Volumn 77, Issue , 2013, Pages 11-22

  Rodriguez, J M ^a   Alvarez, I ^b   Lopez Jurado, J L ^c   Garcia, A ^d   Balbin, R ^c   Alvarez Berastegui, D ^e   Torres, A P ^c   Alemany, F ^c  

^a INSTITUTO ESPAÑOL DE OCEANOGRAFÍA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO MEDITERRÁNEO DE ESTUDIOS AVANZADOS   (Spain)

^c Centro Oceanográfico de Baleares   (Spain)

^d Instituto Español de Oceanografía   (Spain)

^e SOCIB   (Spain)

Author keywords

Balearic region; Hydrography; Ichthyoplankton; Larval fish community; Tuna spawning habitat; Western Mediterranean

Indexed keywords

BALEARIC REGION; HYDROGRAPHY; ICHTHYOPLANKTON; LARVAL FISHES; TUNA SPAWNING HABITAT; WESTERN MEDITERRANEAN;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FISH;

ECOSYSTEMS;

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; EDDY COVARIANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HABITAT TYPE; HYDROGRAPHY; ICHTHYOPLANKTON; LARVA; OLIGOTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; PERCIFORM; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; SPAWNING; STABILIZATION; TAXONOMY;

BALEARIC SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

AUXIS ROCHEI; EUTHYNNUS ALLETTERATUS; KATSUWONUS PELAMIS; PELAMIS; SCOMBRIDAE; THUNNUS ALALUNGA; THUNNUS THYNNUS; VINDULA ARSINOE;

EID: 84877056989     PISSN: 09670637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr.2013.03.002     Document Type: Article

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