Mechanisms driving recruitment variability in fish: Comparisons between the Laurentian Great Lakes and marine systems

ICES Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 71, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 2252-2267

  Pritt, Jeremy J ^a   Roseman, Edward F ^a   O'Brien, Timothy P ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Larval fish; Laurentian Great Lakes; life history; recruitment

Indexed keywords

EGG PRODUCTION; FISH; HYDRODYNAMICS; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; LIFE HISTORY; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; POPULATION STRUCTURE; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); SPAWNING;

GREAT LAKES [NORTH AMERICA];

EID: 84911127361     PISSN: 10543139     EISSN: 10959289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icesjms/fsu080     Document Type: Article

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