Recruitment of Strombus veligers to the Florida keys reef tract: Relation to hydrographic events

Journal of Shellfish Research

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 1-6

  Stoner, Allan W ^a,c   Mehta, Nikhil ^a   Lee, Thomas N ^b  

^a Caribbean Marine Research Center   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^c NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Florida; Larval supply; Oceanography; Recruitment; Strombus costatus; Strombus gigas

Indexed keywords

HYDROGRAPHY; LARVAL TRANSPORT; MILK CONCH; MOLLUSCAN LARVAE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; QUEEN CONCH; RECRUITMENT; VELIGER;

USA, FLORIDA, FLORIDA KEYS;

GASTROPODA; STROMBUS COSTATUS; STROMBUS GIGAS; STROMBUS VELIGERS;

EID: 0030807632     PISSN: 07308000     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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