Transport of fish larvae through a tidal inlet

Fisheries Oceanography

Volumn 8, Issue SUPPL. 2, 1999, Pages 153-172

  Forward Jr , R B ^a   Reinsel, K A ^a   Peters, D S ^b   Tankersley, R A ^c   Churchill, J H ^d   Crowder, L B ^a   Hettler, W F ^b   Warlen, S M ^b   Green, M D ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SOUTHEAST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

^d WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Atlantic croaker; Atlantic menhaden; Brevoortia tyrannus; Fish; Flounder; Lagodon rhomboides; Larvae; Leiostomus xanthurus; Micropogonias undulatus; Paralichthys albigutta; Paralichthys dentatus; Paralichthys lethostigma; Pinfish; Selective tidal stream transport; Spot

Indexed keywords

LARVAL TRANSPORT; TIDAL INLET; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION;

BEAUFORT INLET; NORTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; BREVOORTIA TYRANNUS; LAGODON RHOMBOIDES; LEIOSTOMUS XANTHURUS; LEISTOMUS; LEISTOMUS XANTHURUS; MICROPOGONIAS UNDULATUS; PARALICHTHYS ALBIGUTTA; PARALICHTHYS DENTATUS; PARALICHTHYS LETHOSTIGMA; PISCES; PLEURONECTOIDEI; TYRANNUS;

EID: 0343446131     PISSN: 10546006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2419.1999.00026.x     Document Type: Article

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