Fluctuations of landings and environmental conditions in the north-western Mediterranean Sea

• Published in: Fisheries Oceanography
• Main Authors: Lloret, J, Lleonart, J, Sole, I, Fromentin, Jean-marc
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Blackwell science 2001
• Subjects: Wind; Rhone River; NAO index; Muga River; Mediterranean fisheries; Gulf of Roses Cape Creus; Gulf of Lions; Ebre River; Box Jenkins models; Muga; Rhone; North Atlantic; North Atlantic oscillation
• Online Access: https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/2001/publication-672.pdf; https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-2419.2001.00151.x; https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00000/672/

Most of the monthly catches and CPUE of 13 studied commercial species in the coastal waters of the north-western Mediterranean were significantly positively correlated with run-off of local rivers (Rhone and Muga) and the wind mixing index during the spawning season, with time lags of less than a ye...