Winter flounder settlement dynamics and the modification of settlement patterns by post-settlement processes in a NW atlantic estuary

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 253, Issue , 2003, Pages 253-267

  Manderson, J P ^a   Pessutti, J ^a   Meise, C ^a   Johnson, D ^a   Shaheen, P ^a  

^a NORTHEAST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Dynamic habitat; Nursery; Post settlement processes; Supply side processes

Indexed keywords

ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEM; FISH; LARVAL SETTLEMENT; NURSERY GROUND; SETTLEMENT PATTERN;

NEW JERSEY; SANDY HOOK BAY; UNITED STATES;

PISCES; PLEURONECTOIDEI; PSEUDOPLEURONECTES; PSEUDOPLEURONECTES AMERICANUS;

EID: 0038715914     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps253253     Document Type: Article

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