Spatiotemporal variation in postlarval recruitment of the Caribbean spiny lobster in the central Bahamas: Lunar and seasonal periodicity, spatial coherence, and wind forcing

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 174, Issue , 1998, Pages 33-49

  Eggleston, David B ^a   Lipcius, Romuald N ^b   Marshall Jr , Livingston S ^c   Ratchford, Stephen G ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (United States)

^c MORGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Environmental forcing; Larval supply; Panulirus argus; Recruitment; Settlement; Spiny lobster

Indexed keywords

CRUSTACEAN; LUNAR CYCLE; RECRUITMENT; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; WIND FORCING;

CARIBBEAN SEA;

ANIMALIA; CRUSTACEA; DECAPODA; PANULIRUS ARGUS; PONTOPHILUS SPINOSUS; SPINY;

EID: 0032570055     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps174033     Document Type: Article

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