Temporal variation in winter flounder recruitment at the southern margin of their range: Is the decline due to increasing temperatures?

ICES Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 71, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 2186-2197

  Able, K W ^a   Grothues, T M ^a   Morson, J M ^a   Coleman, K E ^a  

^a Rutgers University Marine Field Station   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; larvae; recruitment; temperature; temporal variation; winter flounder

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); STOCK ASSESSMENT; TELEOST; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TEMPORAL VARIATION; THRESHOLD;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTHWEST); NEW JERSEY; UNITED STATES;

PSEUDOPLEURONECTES AMERICANUS;

EID: 84911088847     PISSN: 10543139     EISSN: 10959289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icesjms/fsu094     Document Type: Article

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