Larval fish distribution and retention in the Canary Current system during the weak upwelling season

Fisheries Oceanography

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 191-209

  Moyano, M ^a,d   Rodriguez J M ^b   Benitez Barrios V M ^a,c   Hernandez Leon S ^a  

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

^b INSTITUTO ESPAÑOL DE OCEANOGRAFÍA   (Spain)

^c Santa Cruz de Tenerife   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Connectivity; Eastern boundary upwelling system; Larval drift; Larval fish assemblages

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ANTICYCLONE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; EDDY; FISH; ICHTHYOPLANKTON; LARVA; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TRANSITION ZONE; UPWELLING;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; CANARY CURRENT;

ENGRAULIDAE; GONOSTOMATIDAE; MYCTOPHIDAE;

EID: 84898058123     PISSN: 10546006     EISSN: 13652419     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/fog.12055     Document Type: Article

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