Dispersal dynamics of post-larval blue crabs, Callinectes sapidus, within a wind-driven estuary

Fisheries Oceanography

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 257-272

  Reyns, Nathalie B ^a   Eggleston, David B ^a   Luettich Jr , Richard A ^b  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Callinectes sapidus; Estuarine circulation; Flood tide transport; Habitat connectivity; Hydrodynamic model; Settlement; Wind forced currents

Indexed keywords

CRAB; DISPERSAL; ESTUARY; LARVAL TRANSPORT; NURSERY GROUND; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

HATTERAS INLET; HATTERAS ISLAND; NORTH AMERICA; NORTH CAROLINA; OREGON INLET; PAMLICO SOUND; UNITED STATES;

CALLINECTES SAPIDUS; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA);

EID: 34247388855     PISSN: 10546006     EISSN: 13652419     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2419.2007.00420.x     Document Type: Article

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