Dispersal of black sea bass (Centropristis striata) larvae on the southeast U.S. continental shelf: Results of a coupled vertical larval behavior - 3D circulation model

Fisheries Oceanography

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 299-315

  Edwards, K P ^a,b   Hare, J A ^c,d   Werner, F E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b Romberg Tiburon Center   (United States)

^c Beaufort Lab   (United States)

^d ALASKA FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Black sea bass; Centropristis striata; Circulation model; Larval behavior; Larval dispersal

Indexed keywords

BREEDING SEASON; CIRCULATION MODELING; CONTINENTAL SHELF; DISPERSAL; LARVAL TRANSPORT; PERCIFORM; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); SPAWNING; SPAWNING GROUND; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION; VERTICAL MIGRATION;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

CENTROPRISTIS; CENTROPRISTIS STRIATA;

EID: 47349114638     PISSN: 10546006     EISSN: 13652419     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2419.2008.00480.x     Document Type: Article

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