title: Sardine Sardinops sagax and anchovy Engraulis encrasicolus larvae avoid regions with low dissolved oxygen concentration in the northern Benguela Current system.
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%.
authors.affiliation: National Marine Information and Research Center, Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Resources, P. O. Box 912, Swakopmund, Namibia. akreiner@mfmr.gov.na
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kreiner
authors.forename: E K
authors.initials: EK
authors.lastname: Stenevik
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Ekau
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001267:Atlantic Ocean; D005399:Fishes / Q000502:physiology*; D007814:Larva / Q000502:physiology; D009276:Namibia; D010100:Oxygen / Q000032:analysis*; D012623:Seawater / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D010100:Oxygen