Closing the larval loop: Linking larval ecology to the population dynamics of marine benthic invertebrates

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 200, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 207-237

  Eckman, James E ^a  

^a SKIDAWAY INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dispersal; Larvae; Mortality; Population dynamics; Settlement

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BENTHIC ENVIRONMENT; ECOLOGY; INVERTEBRATE; LARVA; LIFE CYCLE; MODEL; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

BENTHIC INVERTEBRATE; BENTHIC INVERTEBRATES; LARVAE; LIFE CYCLE MODEL; MARINE LARVA; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

EID: 0030588367     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-0981(96)02644-5     Document Type: Article

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