Physical oceanography of the North Carolina continental shelf during the fall and winter seasons: Implications for the transport of larval menhaden

Fisheries Oceanography

Volumn 8, Issue SUPPL. 2, 1999, Pages 7-21

  Werner, Francisco E ^a,b   Blanton, Brian O ^a   Quinlan, John A ^a   Luettich Jr , Richard A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

Author keywords

Larvae; Menhaden; Model; North Carolina; Spawning; Transport

Indexed keywords

CIRCULATION; LARVAL TRANSPORT; PHYSICAL OCEANOGRAPHY; SEASONAL VARIATION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EID: 0033398105     PISSN: 10546006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2419.1999.00016.x     Document Type: Article

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