Effects of the planktonic period on marine population fluctuations

Ecology

Volumn 84, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 372-383

  Eckert, Ginny L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA SOUTHEAST   (United States)

Author keywords

Coefficient of variation; Larval dispersal; Planktonic period; Population fluctuations, marine; Recruitment; Settlement; Variability

Indexed keywords

DISPERSAL; LARVA; PLANKTON; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

EID: 0042815079     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(2003)084[0372:EOTPPO]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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