1. Mechanisms regulating estuarine ingress of blue crab Callinectes sapidus megalopae.
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Ogburn, M. B., Diaz, H., and Forward Jr., R. B.
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OYSTER fisheries ,REEFS ,AMERICAN oyster ,ESTUARIES ,MARINE ecology ,BIOLOGICAL productivity ,MARINE animals ,LARVAE ,DEVELOPMENTAL biology - Abstract
The article presents a study which investigates the notion that separating mechanisms of shoreward transport and estuarine ingress might enable identification of vital transport mechanism through eliminating interactions between tide-driven and wind-driven mechanisms. The authors revealed that there was an apparent relationship between the peak months of estuarine ingress in October and November and assert that there is a conceptual model being proposed describing the environmental conditions of the estuaries. It relates that the transport of postlarvae is thought to occur by a combination of physical and behavioral mechanisms.
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- 2009
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