Factors determining recruitment success of Crassostrea virginica in a temperate latitude estuary: A modeling study

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1994 1994 Apr 24

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Dekshenieks MM
Hofmann EE
Klinck JM
Powell EN

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A size-structured, time-dependent population model has been developed to investigate growth and mortality of larvae and adults of Crassostrea virginica in a physically energetic system. This population model is coupled to a three-dimensional hydrodynamic model for the Galveston Bay system

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ASW,USA,Texas,Galveston Bay, Crassostrea, Crassostrea virginica, estuaries, Estuarine dynamics, Galveston Bay, growth, modelling, Mortality, O 5060 Aquaculture, Oyster culture, population dynamics, Q1 01583 Shellfish culture, Q3 01583 Shellfish culture, recruitment, Shellfish, USA

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