Individual-based modeling of delta smelt population dynamics in the upper san francisco estuary: I. model description and baseline results

Transactions of the American Fisheries Society

Volumn 142, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1238-1259

  Rose, Kenneth A ^a   Kimmerer, Wim J ^b   Edwards, Karen P ^c   Bennett, William A ^d  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ENVIRONMENT AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA DAVIS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ANNUAL VARIATION; BASELINE CONDITIONS; BODY SIZE; EGG PRODUCTION; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; FECUNDITY; GROWTH RATE; HYDRODYNAMICS; INDIVIDUAL-BASED MODEL; LARVAL TRANSPORT; LIFE CYCLE; MORTALITY; MOVEMENT; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION GROWTH; POPULATION MODELING; PREY AVAILABILITY; SALINITY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SURVIVAL; TELEOST; WATER TEMPERATURE;

CALIFORNIA; SAN FRANCISCO ESTUARY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84883219637     PISSN: 00028487     EISSN: 15488659     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00028487.2013.799518     Document Type: Article

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