Physical forcing of onshore transport of crab megalopae in the northern Portuguese upwelling system

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 57, Issue 5-6, 2003, Pages 1091-1102

  Almeida, Maria João ^a   Queiroga, Henrique ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Advection; Crab; Larvae; Portugal; Recruitment; Tide; Upwelling; Wind

Indexed keywords

CRAB; ESTUARY; LARVAL TRANSPORT; RECRUITMENT; UPWELLING; WIND-DRIVEN CIRCULATION;

(NORTHWEST); PORTUGAL;

CARCINUS MAENAS; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA TAXON); DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); GRAPSIDAE; INVERTEBRATA; PORTUNIDAE;

EID: 0141674864     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0272-7714(03)00012-X     Document Type: Article

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