Synchronous multidecadal fish recruitment patterns in Chesapeake Bay, USA

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 496-508

  Wood, Robert J ^a,b   Austin, Herbert M ^a  

^a VIRGINIA INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (United States)

^b Center for Coastal Environmental Health and Biomolecular Research ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANADROMY; ANNUAL VARIATION; BIOLOGICAL SURVEY; COMMERCIAL SPECIES; CONTINENTAL SHELF; DATA SET; FISH; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SAMPLING; SPAWNING; VARIANCE ANALYSIS;

CHESAPEAKE BAY; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

PISCES;

EID: 65249111193     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/F09-013     Document Type: Article

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