Transport of larval gulf menhaden Brevortia patronus in continental shelf waters of western Louisiana: a hypothesis

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dc.call-noAcc#260-Box#2en_US
dc.call-noTransactions of the American Fisheries Societyen_US
dc.contract-noen_US
dc.contributor.authorShaw, R.F.en_US
dc.contributor.authorWiseman, W.J., Jr.en_US
dc.contributor.authorTurner, R.E.en_US
dc.contributor.authorRouse, L.J., Jr.en_US
dc.contributor.authorKelly, F.J., Jr.en_US
dc.contributor.otherTransactions of the American Fisheries Societyen_US
dc.date.accessioned2010-02-15T16:57:24Z
dc.date.available2010-02-15T16:57:24Z
dc.date.issued1985en_US
dc.degreeen_US
dc.descriptionpgs. 452-460en_US
dc.description-otheren_US
dc.description.abstractThe gulf menhaden commercial fishery in the Gulf of Mexico is the largest by weight in the United States. Spawning takes place on the continental shelf and the pelagic larvae are transported into estuarine nursery areas. Quantitative information on a transport mechanism had previously been lacking. Knowledge of the coupling between continental shelf and estuaries is necessary to understand the causes of high natural variability in estuarine recruitment and to develop and evaluate spawner-recruit and environment-survival relationships. Analysis of a variety of biological and physical data led to the development of a testable transport hypothesis. The hypothesis suggests that west-northwest longshore advection within the horizontally stratified coastal boundary layer is the primary mechanism transporting gulf menhaden larvae to the Calcasieu River estuary, the major estuarine system in western Louisiana.en_US
dc.description.urihttp://gbic.tamug.edu/request.htmen_US
dc.geo-codeNorthwestern Gulf of Mexicoen_US
dc.history5/26/06 easen_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1969.3/20397
dc.latitudeen_US
dc.locationGBIC Archives Collection; TAMUG Periodical Collectionen_US
dc.longitudeen_US
dc.notesen_US
dc.placeBethesda, MDen_US
dc.publisherAmerican Fisheries Societyen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseries260.00en_US
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dc.scaleen_US
dc.seriesen_US
dc.subjectmarine fishen_US
dc.subjectgulf menhadenen_US
dc.subjectlife cycleen_US
dc.subjectBrevoortia patronusen_US
dc.subjectlarvaeen_US
dc.subjectnursery groundsen_US
dc.titleTransport of larval gulf menhaden Brevortia patronus in continental shelf waters of western Louisiana: a hypothesisen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dc.universityen_US
dc.vol-issuev.114en_US

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