Distribution of larval fishes among water masses in Onslow Bay, North Carolina: Implications for cross-shelf exchange

Fisheries Oceanography

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 413-431

  Quattrini, A M ^a   Lindquist, D G ^c   Bingham, F M ^a   Lankford, T E ^a   Govoni, J J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA WILMINGTON   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Gulf Stream frontal events; Ichthyoplankton; Larval transport; Reef fishes

Indexed keywords

ICHTHYOPLANKTON; LARVAL TRANSPORT; RECRUITMENT; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; CONTINENTAL SHELF; FLATFISH; LENGTH-FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIVERSITY; WATER MASS;

NORTH AMERICA; NORTH CAROLINA; ONSLOW BAY; UNITED STATES;

BOTHIDAE; CALLIONYMIDAE; CARANGIDAE; GOBIIDAE; LABRIDAE; MYCTOPHIDAE; PISCES; SCOMBRIDAE; SERRANIDAE; TRAGELAPHUS EURYCERUS; TRIGLIDAE;

EID: 28444475158     PISSN: 10546006     EISSN: 13652419     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2419.2005.00344.x     Document Type: Article

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