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| Kirchner, C. H.; Bartholomae, C. H.; Kreiner, A.. |
| This study attempts to explain the variability in recruitment of sardine in the northern Benguela and to develop potential models by including environmental information to predict recruitment. Two different recruitment and spawner number datasets were available: a VPA-developed dataset, for the period 1952–1987, and data from a simple age-structured model for 1992–2007. In all, four environmental indices were used: the degree of the intrusion of the warm Angola Current into northern Namibia, termed the Angola–Benguela front index; the extent of the upwelling area off central Namibia; average sea surface temperature (SST) over the northern and central Namibian shelf; and wind stress anomalies at Lüderitz as an indicator of upwelling strength. Contrary to... |
| Tipo: Journal Contribution |
Palavras-chave: Currents (water); Upwelling; Sardine fisheries; Environments; Ecosystems; Anomalies; Biomass; Spawning; Recruitment. |
| Ano: 2009 |
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/1834/4671 |
