Spatial dynamics of the bearded goby and its key fish predators off Namibia vary with climate and oxygen availability

Fisheries Oceanography

Volumn 24, Issue S1, 2015, Pages 88-101

  Salvanes, Anne Gro V ^a   Bartholomae, Chris ^b   Yemane, Dawit ^c,f   Gibbons, Mark J ^d   Kainge, Paul ^b   Krakstad, Jens Otto ^e   Rouault, Mathieu ^f   Staby, Arved ^a,e   Sundby, Svein ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b National Marine Information and Research Centre   (Namibia)

^c Branch Fisheries   (South Africa)

^d UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE   (South Africa)

^e INSTITUTE OF MARINE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Sufflogobius bibarbatus; Abundance; Bearded goby; Benguela Ni o; Distribution; Hake; Horse mackerel; Hypoxia; Predator prey environmental dynamics; Remote forcing; Suboxia

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONE; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; EUTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; HYPOXIA; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; OXYGEN; PERCIFORM; PREDATOR; SATELLITE DATA; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; TOLERANCE;

NAMIBIA;

BARBULIFER CEUTHOECUS; CALLOGOBIUS ATRATUS; EQUIDAE; GOBIIDAE; REXEA SOLANDRI; SUFFLOGOBIUS BIBARBATUS;

EID: 84922807759     PISSN: 10546006     EISSN: 13652419     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/fog.12068     Document Type: Article

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