Connectivity of lobster populations in the coastal Gulf of Maine. Part I: Circulation and larval transport potential

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 210, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 193-211

  Xue, Huijie ^a   Incze, Lewis ^b   Xu, Danya ^a   Wolff, Nicholas ^b   Pettigrew, Neal ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MAINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Circulation; Gulf of Maine; Larval transport; Lobster population; Model

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PHYTOPLANKTON;

CIRCULATION; GULF OF MAINE; LARVAL TRANSPORT; LOBSTER POPULATION;

COASTAL ZONES;

ABUNDANCE; ANNUAL VARIATION; CIRCULATION; CONNECTIVITY; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; EGG PRODUCTION; LARVAL TRANSPORT; LOBSTER; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; RECRUITMENT; TEMPERATURE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MAINE; MAINE; NORTH AMERICA; PENOBSCOT BAY; UNITED STATES;

HOMARUS AMERICANUS; LOBSTER;

EID: 36048974478     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2007.07.024     Document Type: Article

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