Considerations in estimating larval dispersal distances from oceanographic data

Ecological Applications

Volumn 13, Issue 1 SUPPL., 2003, Pages

  Largier, John L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Advection diffusion model; Coastal boundary layer; Coastal oceanography; Dispersal kernel; Eddy diffusivity; Larval dispersal; Length scale; Retention; Shear dispersion

Indexed keywords

ADVECTION-DIFFUSION EQUATION; DISPERSAL; LARVAL TRANSPORT; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; OCEANOGRAPHY; SCALE EFFECT;

EID: 0037705818     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/1051-0761(2003)013[0071:cieldd]2.0.co;2     Document Type: Article

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