Dispersal and settlement of sea scallop larvae spawned in the fishery closed areas on Georges Bank

ICES Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 66, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 2155-2164

  Tian, Rucheng C ^a   Chen, Changsheng ^a,b   Stokesbury, Kevin D E ^a   Rothschild, Brian J ^a   Cowles, Geoffrey W ^a   Xu, Qichun ^a   Hu, Song ^a,b   Harris, Bradley P ^a   Marino, Michael C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS DARTMOUTH   (United States)

^b SHANGHAI OCEAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Fishery closed area; Georges Bank; Lagrangian simulation; Larval dispersal; Sea scallop

Indexed keywords

BIVALVE; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; LARVAL SETTLEMENT; LARVAL TRANSPORT; OCEANIC CURRENT; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SPAWNING GROUND;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GEORGES BANK;

PLACOPECTEN MAGELLANICUS;

EID: 70450216773     PISSN: 10543139     EISSN: 10959289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icesjms/fsp175     Document Type: Article

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