Across-shelf transport of gastropod larvae in the central Bahamas: Rapid responses to local wind conditions

Journal of Plankton Research

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 1-16

  Stoner, Allan W ^a,c   Smith, Ned P ^b  

^a Caribbean Marine Research Center   (United States)

^b FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NORTHEAST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAHAMAS; SPAWNING; STROMBUS COSTATUS; STROMBUS GIGAS; TRANSPORT KINETICS; WIND;

CONTINENTAL SHELF; GASTROPOD LARVA; LARVAL TRANSPORT; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; VELIGER; WIND FORCING;

BAHAMAS; EXUMA CAYS; LEE STOCKING ISLAND;

GASTROPODA; STROMBUS COSTATUS; STROMBUS GIGAS;

EID: 0031831191     PISSN: 01427873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/plankt/20.1.1     Document Type: Article

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