Spatial variability in red sea urchin (Strongylocentrotus franciscanus) recruitment in northern California

Fisheries Oceanography

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 83-98

  Morgan, Lance E ^a,c   Wing, Stephen R ^b   Botsford, Louis W ^a   Lundquist, Carolyn J ^a   Diehl, Jennifer M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^c NMFS   (United States)

Author keywords

Larval dispersal; Meroplankton; Northern California; Recruitment varia; Red sea urchin; Spine canopy; Strongylocentrotus franciscanus; Upwelling relaxation

Indexed keywords

FLOW KINETICS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; UNITED STATES;

COASTAL CIRCULATION; ECHINODERM; LARVAL TRANSPORT; RECRUITMENT; SPATIAL VARIATION;

UNITED STATES;

STRONGYLOCENTROTUS FRANCISCANUS;

EID: 0034014514     PISSN: 10546006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2419.2000.00124.x     Document Type: Article

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