Environmental influences on spatio-temporal oceanic distribution of ichthyoplankton around the Kerguelen Islands (Southern Ocean)

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Ichthyoplankton of the oceanlc zone sulround~ng the Kerguelen Islands (northern part of the I n d ~a n sector of the Southern Ocean) was studled The ~e s u l t s concerning both abundance and spatlal d ~s t r ~b u t l o n of f ~s h eggs and larvae are d~scussed Samples were collected d u n n g j o ~n t French-S o v ~e t oceanographic cruises In summer, autumn and w ~n t e r 1987 and summer 1988 The presence of the Antarct~c Polar Front allowed us to show latitudinal d~stribution of the ichthyoplankton Topography played an Important role In separating mesopelag~c and demersal species