Modeling the remote and local connectivity of Antarctic krill populations along the western Antarctic Peninsula

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 481, Issue , 2013, Pages 69-92

  Piñones, Andrea ^a   Hofmann, Eileen E ^a   Daly, Kendra L ^b   Dinniman, Michael S ^a   Klinck, John M ^a  

^a OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Antarctic Peninsula; Circulation; Circum polar Deep Water; Connectivity; Euphausia superba; Lagrangian particles

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ANTARCTIC BOTTOM WATER; CIRCUMPOLAR CURRENT; CONNECTIVITY; CONTINENTAL BREAKUP; CONTINENTAL SHELF; CRUSTACEAN; SPAWNING;

ANTARCTIC CIRCUMPOLAR CURRENT; ANTARCTIC PENINSULA; ANTARCTICA; BELLINGSHAUSEN SEA; MARGUERITE BAY; SOUTHERN OCEAN; WEST ANTARCTICA;

EID: 84877603506     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps10256     Document Type: Article

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