Modeling effects of increased larval mortality on bay anchovy population dynamics in the mesohaline Chesapeake Bay: Evidence for compensatory reserve

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 185, Issue , 1999, Pages 133-146

  Cowan Jr , James H ^a   Rose, Kenneth A ^b   Houde, Edward D ^c   Wang, Shyh Bin ^a   Young, John ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE   (United States)

^d Consolidated Edison Co of New York ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Bay anchovy; Compensatory reserve; Density dependence; Individual based model

Indexed keywords

MODEL; MORTALITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDATION;

CHESAPEAKE BAY; UNITED STATES;

ANCHOA; ANCHOA MITCHILLI; ANIMALIA;

EID: 0033588481     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps185133     Document Type: Article

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