Planktonic larval mortality rates are lower than widely expected

Ecology

Volumn 95, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 3344-3353

  White, J Wilson ^a   Morgan, Steven G ^b,c   Fisher, Jennifer L ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA WILMINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA DAVIS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Crustacean larvae; Larval mortality; Planktonic larvae; Population dynamics; Spatial patchiness; Vertical life table

Indexed keywords

LARVAL TRANSPORT; LIFE TABLE; MARINE RESOURCE; MORTALITY; OCEANIC CURRENT; PATCHINESS; PLANKTON; SURVIVORSHIP;

CRUSTACEA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); THORACICA;

EID: 84919999209     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: 19399170     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/13-2248.1     Document Type: Article

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