Winter winds and river discharge determine juvenile southern flounder (Paralichthys lethostigma) recruitment and distribution in North Carolina estuaries

Journal of Sea Research

Volumn 64, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 15-25

  Taylor, J Christopher ^a   Miller, John M ^b   Pietrafesa, Leonard J ^b   Dickey, David A ^b   Ross, Steve W ^c  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA WILMINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Abundance; Age 0 Southern Flounder; Distribution; Meteorological Effects; North Carolina; USA

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AGE CLASS; ANNUAL VARIATION; CLIMATE EFFECT; DATA SET; ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEM; FLATFISH; LARVAL TRANSPORT; NURSERY GROUND; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RIVER DISCHARGE; WIND PROFILE;

NORTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

PARALICHTHYS LETHOSTIGMA; PLEURONECTOIDEI;

EID: 77953131588     PISSN: 13851101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.seares.2009.09.006     Document Type: Article

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