Estuarine circulation and predicted oyster larval dispersal among a network of reserves

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 101, Issue , 2012, Pages 33-43

  Haase, Amy T ^a,c   Eggleston, David B ^a   Luettich, Rick A ^b   Weaver, Robert J ^b   Puckett, Brandon J ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^c NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Connectivity; Hydrodynamic model; Larval dispersal; Marine reserves; Oyster restoration; Pamlico sound; Surface drifters

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC DOPPLER CURRENT PROFILER; BIVALVE; BROOD STOCK; COASTAL CIRCULATION; CONNECTIVITY; CURRENT VELOCITY; DISPERSAL; DRIFTER; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; HYDRODYNAMICS; LARVAL TRANSPORT; MARINE PARK; METAPOPULATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SOURCE-SINK DYNAMICS; SPATIAL VARIATION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

NORTH CAROLINA; PAMLICO SOUND; UNITED STATES;

CRASSOSTREA VIRGINICA; OSTREIDAE;

EID: 84859001820     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2012.02.011     Document Type: Article

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