Causes of decoupling between larval supply and settlement and consequences for understanding recruitment and population connectivity

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 392, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 9-21

  Pineda, Jesús ^a   Porri, Francesca ^b   Starczak, Victoria ^a   Blythe, Jonathan ^a  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Barnacle; Behavior; Invertebrates

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; CANNIBALISM; CONNECTIVITY; HYDRODYNAMICS; LARVAL SETTLEMENT; LARVAL TRANSPORT; LIFE CYCLE; PREDATION; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); SPAWNING POPULATION; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION;

INVERTEBRATA; THORACICA;

EID: 77956010682     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jembe.2010.04.008     Document Type: Review

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