Relating large-scale climate variability to local species abundance: ENSO forcing and shrimp in Breton Sound, Louisiana, USA

Climate Research

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 195-207

  Piazza, Bryan P ^a,b   La Peyre, Megan K ^c   Keim, Barry D ^c  

^a THE NATURE CONSERVANCY   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY AGRICULTURAL CENTER   (United States)

^c LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate variability; El Ni o; ENSO; Estuary; Farfantepenaeus aztecus; La Ni a; Louisiana; Shrimp

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE VARIABILITY; ENSO; FARFANTEPENAEUS AZTECUS; LOUISIANA; SHRIMP;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CLIMATOLOGY; ESTUARIES; FLOW OF WATER; HYDRAULICS; NICKEL COMPOUNDS; SALINITY MEASUREMENT;

CLIMATE MODELS;

ABUNDANCE; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CLIMATE VARIATION; COMMERCIAL SPECIES; CRUSTACEAN; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; ENVIRONMENTAL CONSTRAINT; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; JUVENILE; NEKTON; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SALINITY; SEASONALITY; WATER FLOW; WATER TEMPERATURE;

BRETON SOUND; LOUISIANA; UNITED STATES;

DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); FARFANTEPENAEUS AZTECUS;

EID: 77957741560     PISSN: 0936577X     EISSN: 16161572     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/cr00898     Document Type: Article

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