Identification of Winter Flounder (Pseudopleuronectes americanus) Estuarine Spawning Habitat and Factors Influencing Egg and Larval Distributions

Estuaries and Coasts

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1304-1318

  Wilber, Dara H ^a   Clarke, Douglas G ^b   Gallo, Jenine ^c   Alcoba, Catherine J ^c   Dilorenzo, Ann M ^c   Zappala, Sarah E ^b  

^a Bowhead Information Technology Services   (United States)

^b HDR Inc   (United States)

^c US Army Corps of Engineers New York District   (United States)

Author keywords

New York New Jersey Harbor; Sediment; Strong tide; Temperature; Yolk sac larvae

Indexed keywords

DISPERSAL; EGG; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; ESTUARINE SEDIMENT; FLATFISH; ICHTHYOPLANKTON; LARVAL TRANSPORT; SPAWNING GROUND; SUBSTRATE; TIDE; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON; WATER TEMPERATURE;

NEW JERSEY; NEW YORK HARBOR; UNITED STATES;

PLEURONECTOIDEI; PSEUDOPLEURONECTES AMERICANUS;

EID: 84884872615     PISSN: 15592723     EISSN: 15592731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12237-013-9642-z     Document Type: Article

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