Larval recruitment in a region of strong, persistent upwelling and recruitment limitation

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 394, Issue , 2009, Pages 79-99

  Morgan, Steven G ^a,b   Fisher, Jennifer L ^a   MacE, Amber J ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA DAVIS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c California Ocean Science Trust   (United States)

Author keywords

Community structure; Larval recruitment; Larval transport; Population dynamics; Recruitment limitation; Upwelling

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; INVERTEBRATE; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; LARVAL TRANSPORT; MORTALITY; POPULATION DENSITY; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); UPWELLING;

DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 71849115116     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps08216     Document Type: Article

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