Larval transport, vertical distribution, and localized recruitment in anadromous rainbow smelt (Osmerus mordax)

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 63, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 2822-2836

  Bradbury, I R ^a   Gardiner, K ^b   Snelgrove, P V R ^b   Campana, S E ^c   Bentzen, P ^a   Guan, L ^b  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^c BEDFORD INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANADROMY; DISPERSAL; ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEM; HYDROGRAPHY; ICHTHYOPLANKTON; JUVENILE; LARVAL TRANSPORT; ONTOGENY; RECRUITMENT; SALMONID; SEASONAL VARIATION; SWIMMING BEHAVIOR; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION;

CANADA; NEWFOUNDLAND; NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR; NORTH AMERICA; SALMONIER ESTUARY;

OSMERUS; OSMERUS MORDAX;

EID: 33947135767     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/F06-164     Document Type: Article

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