Larval accumulation in the lee of a small headland: Implications for the design of marine reserves

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 318, Issue , 2006, Pages 19-29

  Mace, Amber J ^a   Morgan, Steven G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA DAVIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Headland eddy; Larval dispersal; Larval retention; Marine reserve; Meroplankton; Recirculation

Indexed keywords

ACCUMULATION; BENTHOS; LARVAL SETTLEMENT; LEE WAVE; MARINE PARK; OCEANIC CURRENT; UPWELLING;

BODEGA MARINE RESERVE; CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); INVERTEBRATA; THORACICA;

EID: 33748439700     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps318019     Document Type: Article

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