Oyster larval transport in coastal Alabama: Dominance of physical transport over biological behavior in a shallow estuary

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 115, Issue 10, 2010, Pages

  Kim, Choong Ki ^a   Park, Kyeong ^b   Powers, Sean P ^b   Graham, William M ^b   Bayha, Keith M ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALABAMA; BIOLOGICAL BEHAVIOR; BIOLOGICAL CONDITIONS; BIOLOGICAL MOVEMENTS; CRASSOSTREA VIRGINICA; DE-STRATIFICATION; EASTERN OYSTER; FAVORABLE CONDITIONS; HYDRODYNAMIC MODEL; LARVAL PERIODS; LARVAL TRANSPORTS; MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES; MARINE INVERTEBRATES; MISSISSIPPI; MODEL RESULTS; MODELING STUDIES; PARAMETERIZED; PHYSICAL TRANSPORT; SHALLOW ESTUARY; SINKING VELOCITY; STOCK SIZE; TEMPORAL PATTERN; TIME-SCALES;

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

ABUNDANCE; BIVALVE; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; FISH; LARVAL TRANSPORT; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); SHALLOW WATER; SPAWNING; STOCK ASSESSMENT; SWIMMING; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

ALABAMA; MISSISSIPPI SOUND; MOBILE BAY; UNITED STATES;

BIVALVIA; CRASSOSTREA VIRGINICA; INVERTEBRATA; OSTREIDAE;

EID: 77958145446     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010JC006115     Document Type: Article

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