Barotropic tidal and wind-driven larval transport in the vicinity of a barrier island inlet

Fisheries Oceanography

Volumn 8, Issue SUPPL. 2, 1999, Pages 190-209

  Luettich Jr , Richard A ^a,c   Hench, James L ^a   Fulcher, Crystal W ^a   Werner, Francisco E ^a   Blanton, Brian O ^a   Churchill, James H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^c The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

Author keywords

Circulation; Inlet studies; Larval transport; Modelling

Indexed keywords

BARRIER ISLAND; LARVAL TRANSPORT; TIDAL CURRENT; TIDAL INLET;

UNITED STATES;

BREVOORTIA TYRANNUS;

EID: 0343416246     PISSN: 10546006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2419.1999.00030.x     Document Type: Article

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