Role of Flood Disturbance in Natural Oyster (Crassostrea virginica) Population Maintenance in an Estuary in South Texas, USA

Estuaries and Coasts

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 187-197

  Pollack, Jennifer Beseres ^a   Kim, Hae Cheol ^a   Morgan, Elani K ^a   Montagna, Paul A ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY CORPUS CHRISTI   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate; ENSO; Filtration rate; Perkinsus marinus; Precipitation; Resilience; Salinity

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIVALVE; CLIMATE CHANGE; DINOFLAGELLATE; DISEASE PREVALENCE; DROUGHT; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; FILTRATION; FLOOD; HABITAT RESTORATION; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; SALINITY; SIZE STRUCTURE; SPAWNING; SUBTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; SUSPENDED LOAD; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

GULF COAST [UNITED STATES]; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

CRASSOSTREA VIRGINICA; OSTREIDAE; PERKINSUS MARINUS;

EID: 78650687134     PISSN: 15592723     EISSN: 15592731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12237-010-9338-6     Document Type: Article

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