Connectivity of lobster (Homarus americanus) populations in the coastal Gulf of Maine: Part II. Coupled biophysical dynamics

Fisheries Oceanography

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-20

  Incze, Lewis ^a   Xue, Huijie ^b   Wolff, Nicholas ^a   Xu, Danya ^b   Wilson, Carl ^c   Steneck, Robert ^b   Wahle, Richard ^d   Lawton, Peter ^e   Pettigrew, Neal ^b   Chen, Yong ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MAINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

^c MAINE DEPARTMENT OF MARINE RESOURCES   (United States)

^d BIGELOW LABORATORY FOR OCEAN SCIENCES   (United States)

^e ST ANDREWS BIOLOGICAL STATION   (Canada)

Author keywords

Advection; Coastal current; Connectivity; Coupled biophysical model; Egg production; Hatching; Homarus americanus; Individual based model; Larvae; Lobster; Mortality; Postlarvae; Transport

Indexed keywords

ADVECTION; BIOPHYSICS; COASTAL CURRENT; CONNECTIVITY; EGG PRODUCTION; HATCHING; INDIVIDUAL-BASED MODEL; LARVAL TRANSPORT; LOBSTER; MIGRATION; MORTALITY; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); TEMPERATURE EFFECT; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MAINE;

HOMARUS AMERICANUS;

EID: 71949112420     PISSN: 10546006     EISSN: 13652419     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2419.2009.00522.x     Document Type: Article

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