Sardine Sardinops sagax and anchovy Engraulis encrasicolus larvae avoid regions with low dissolved oxygen concentration in the northern Benguela Current system

Authors :: Erling Kåre Stenevik
A. Kreiner
Werner Ekau
Source :: Journal of fish biology. 74(1)
Publication Year :: 2010
Abstract: Larvae of sardine Sardinops sagax and anchovy Engraulis encrasicolus in the northern Benguela upwelling system were distributed predominantly in waters with dissolved oxygen concentrations >2.0 ml l(-1) and oxygen saturations >75%.

Subjects :: Larva
biology
Sardine
Fishes
Hypoxia (environmental)
Aquatic Science
biology.organism_classification
Namibia
Fishery
Oxygen
Engraulis
Anchovy
Upwelling
Animals
Seawater
Low dissolved oxygen
Atlantic Ocean
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics

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