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One of the aims of oceanographic campaign MD 68/SUZIL, carried out in austral autumn 1991 in the Indian sector of the Southern Ocean and its adjacent subtropical waters, was to investigate the influence of hydrography on the ichthyoplankton and mesopelagic fish assemblages in the Crozet Basin. It appears that, in contrast to other sectors of the Southern Ocean, the main biogeographical barriers are the Subantarctic Front and the Agulhas Front which appear to be “vertical convergence fronts”. The importance of the Antarctic Polar Front and the Subtropical Front as barriers to fish seems to be minimized in this area because of its particular hydrological features, such as the lack of a subantarctic zone, the maximum current intensity of the Subantarctic Front between these fronts, and their structures — they are horizontal convergence fronts.
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Koubbi, P. Influence of the frontal zones on ichthyoplankton and mesopelagic fish assemblages in the Crozet Basin (Indian sector of the Southern Ocean). Polar Biol 13, 557–564 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00236398
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