Distribution patterns of ichthyoplankton communities in different ecosystems of the northeast atlantic

• Published in: Fisheries Oceanography
• Main Authors: DRANSFELD, LEONIE, DWANE, OONAGH, ZUUR, ALAIN F.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Wiley-Blackwell 2009
• Subjects: general additive mixed model; ichthyoplankton; maurolicus muelleri; mesopelagic; rockall; submarine banks; porcupine bank; celtic sea; larvae; abundance; eggs; area; l; Rockall Trough; Porcupine Bank; Northeast Atlantic
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10379/11255; https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2419.2009.00524.x

Results are presented of an extensive ichthyoplankton survey that covered the continental slope, the offshore banks and oceanic regions west of Ireland. Oceanographic measurements revealed domes of cold, less saline water over the Porcupine, Rockall and Faroese Banks, constituting Taylor columns. Th...