Understanding the success and failure of oyster populations: The importance of sampled variables and sample timing

Journal of Shellfish Research

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 1149-1165

  Soniat, Thomas M ^a   Powell, Eric N ^b   Hofmann, Eileen E ^c   Klinck, John M ^c  

^a NICHOLLS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Crassostrea virginica; Modeling; Perkinsus marinus; Population dynamics; Seston

Indexed keywords

AQUACULTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; MODELING; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 0032442228     PISSN: 07308000     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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