Dispersal and recruitment of blue crab larvae in Delaware Bay, U.S.A.

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 1984, Pages 1-12

  Epifanio, C E ^a   Valenti, C C ^a   Pembroke, A E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

crabs; Delaware Bay; dispersal phenomena; larval stages; recruitment

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEMS; OCEANOGRAPHY - ECOLOGY;

COASTAL ZONES;

MARINE BIOLOGY;

BLUE CRAB; CALLINECTES SAPIDUS; DELAWARE USA; DISPERSAL;

EID: 0021644669     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0272-7714(84)90002-7     Document Type: Article

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