Onshore-offshore pattern and variability in distribution and abundance of bay anchovy Anchoa mitchilli eggs and larvae in Chesapeake Bay

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 138, Issue 1-3, 1996, Pages 15-25

  MacGregor, J M ^a   Houde, E D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Bay anchovy; Chesapeake Bay; Eggs; Larvae; Mortality rates; Onshore offshore distribution

Indexed keywords

ANCHOA MITCHILLI;

ABUNDANCE; BAY ANCHOVY; FISH EGG; FISH EGGS; FISH LARVA; FISHERY OCEANOGRAPHY; ONSHORE-OFFSHORE DISTRIBUTION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

USA, CHESAPEAKE BAY;

EID: 0029669556     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps138015     Document Type: Article

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