Circulation and larval fish transport within a tidally dominated estuary

Fisheries Oceanography

Volumn 8, Issue SUPPL. 2, 1999, Pages 173-189

  Churchill, James H ^a   Forward, Richard B ^b   Luettich, Richard A ^c   Hench, James L ^c   Hettler, William F ^d   Crowder, Larry B ^b   Blanton, Jackson O ^e  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^d SOUTHEAST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^e SKIDAWAY INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (United States)

Author keywords

Estuarine circulation; Larval recruitment

Indexed keywords

CIRCULATION; LARVAL TRANSPORT; TIDAL CYCLE;

EID: 0033368144     PISSN: 10546006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2419.1999.00025.x     Document Type: Article

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