Population persistence of California Current fishes and benthic crustaceans: A marine drift paradox

Ecological Monographs

Volumn 75, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 505-524

  Shanks, Alan L ^a   Eckert, Ginny L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA SOUTHEAST   (United States)

Author keywords

California Current; Dispersal; Drift paradox; Larvae; Larval loss; Life history traits; Population persistence; Recruitment; Wash out

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL DRIFT; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; PERSISTENCE; RECRUITMENT;

CALIFORNIA CURRENT; OCEANIC REGIONS; PACIFIC OCEAN; WORLD;

CRUSTACEA; PISCES;

EID: 26944440034     PISSN: 00129615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/05-0309     Document Type: Article

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