Evaluation of the Shepherd and Cushing (1980) model of density-dependent survival: A case study using striped bass (Morone saxatilis) larvae in the Potomac River, Maryland, USA

ICES Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 60, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1275-1287

  Rutherford, Edward S ^a   Rose, Kenneth A ^b   Cowan Jr , James H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Density dependence; Larvae, model; Otolith; Recruitment; Striped bass

Indexed keywords

CARRYING CAPACITY; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; FISH; MORTALITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION MODELING; RECRUITMENT;

MARYLAND; NORTH AMERICA; POTOMAC RIVER; UNITED STATES;

MORONE; MORONE SAXATILIS;

EID: 0344719031     PISSN: 10543139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1054-3139(03)00138-3     Document Type: Article

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