Larval entrainment in cooling water intakes: Spatially explicit models reveal effects on benthic metapopulations and shortcomings of traditional assessments

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 67, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 2014-2031

  Wilson, J White ^a,b   Nickols, Kerry J ^b   Clarke, Linden ^a,b   Largier, John L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA DAVIS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENTHOS; COAST; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; DISPERSAL; LARVA; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; METAPOPULATION; MORTALITY; PERSISTENCE; POPULATION DENSITY; SUBPOPULATION;

EID: 78650488148     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: 12057533     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/F10-108     Document Type: Article

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