Large-scale ichthyoplankton and water mass distribution along the South Brazil Shelf.

Ichthyoplankton is an essential component of pelagic ecosystems, and environmental factors play an important role in determining its distribution. We have investigated simultaneous latitudinal and cross-shelf gradients in ichthyoplankton abundance to test the hypothesis that the large-scale distribu...

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Main Authors: Luis Carlos Pinto de Macedo-Soares, Carlos Alberto Eiras Garcia, Andrea Santarosa Freire, José Henrique Muelbert
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3948790?pdf=render