Impacts of upstream drought and water withdrawals on the health and survival of downstream estuarine oyster populations

Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 2, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1712-1724

  Petes, Laura E ^a,b   Brown, Alicia J ^b   Knight, Carley R ^c  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

Author keywords

Apalachicola; Climate change; Dermo disease; Drought; Estuary; Oyster; Water

Indexed keywords

EID: 84876105086     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20457758     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ece3.291     Document Type: Article

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