Further electronic distribution is not allowed. The sea valley forms a natural guide for circulation, connecting the inner shelf to the continental slope. Westward winds generally confine the freshwater discharge from the mountainous coastal regime to the nearshore. The study area in the western Gulf of Alaska. The inset shows regional circulation.
Depths are in meters.
They spawn in early April, and by late April patches of larvae can usually be found southwest of the spawning area. Since eggs and larvae are mainly planktonic, transport to this location is largely determined by currents and diffusion. The purpose of this paper is to compare the simulations from the numerical model with observations. Since the transport of pollock eggs and larvae is most strongly influenced by currents in spring and summer, we focus on this time period. We begin with a comparison between eddies that have been observed in the Shelikof sea valley and those generated by the model.