Abstract
The hydrographic limit of the distribution of Nematoscelis megalops in the Northwestern Atlantic Ocean is usually marked by the abrupt changes in water properties across the Gulf Stream. There are, however, isolated but repeated occurrences of this species in the Sargasso Sea. In our study, individuals in the Sargasso Sea were expatriates from the Slope Water which had been transported to the collection site by Gulf Stream cold core rings with but two exceptions. The exceptional cases can be indirectly linked to the presence of rings....
Recommended Citation
Wiebe, Peter H., and Steven H. Boyd. 1978. "Limits of Nematoscelis megalops in the Northwestern Atlantic in relation to Gulf Stream cold core rings. I.Horizontal and vertical distributions." Journal of Marine Research 36, (1). https://elischolar.library.yale.edu/journal_of_marine_research/1425