Distribution of red king crabs and Tanner crabs in the summer by habitat and depth in an Alaskan fjord

Investigaciones Marinas

Volumn 25, Issue 1997, 1997, Pages 59-67

  Zhou, Shijie ^a,b   Shirley, Thomas C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^b ALASKA DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND GAME   (United States)

Author keywords

Alaska; Chionoecetes bairdi; Distribution; Paralithodes camstchasticus; Red king crabs; Tanner crabs

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002478104     PISSN: 07161069     EISSN: 07177178     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4067/s0717-71781997002500005     Document Type: Article

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