Response of bay scallops to spawner transplants: A test of recruitment limitation

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 132, Issue 1-3, 1996, Pages 93-107

  Peterson, Charles H ^a   Summerson, Henry C ^a   Luettich Jr , Richard A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bay scallop; Recruitment limitation; Restoration; Transplantation

Indexed keywords

POPULATION SIZE; RECRUITMENT; RESTORATION; TRANSPLANTATION;

USA, NORTH CAROLINA, BOGUE SOUND;

ARGOPECTEN IRRADIANS CONCENTRICUS;

EID: 0029667188     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps132093     Document Type: Article

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