Retention mechanisms of white perch (Morone americana) and striped bass (Morone saxatilis) early-life stages in an estuarine turbidity maximum: An integrative fixed-location and mapping approach

Fisheries Oceanography

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 429-450

  North, E W ^a   Houde, E D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Chesapeake Bay; Estuarine transition zone; Estuarine turbidity maximum; Larval retention; Physical biological interactions; Zooplankton

Indexed keywords

ESTUARINE DYNAMICS; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; FISH; LARVAL SETTLEMENT; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; RETENTION; TURBIDITY CURRENT;

CHESAPEAKE BAY; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

COPEPODA; EURYTEMORA AFFINIS; MORONE AMERICANA; MORONE SAXATILIS;

EID: 33749432568     PISSN: 10546006     EISSN: 13652419     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2419.2005.00389.x     Document Type: Article

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