Population regulation of blue crabs Callinectes sapidus in the northern Gulf of Mexico: Postlarval supply

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 133, Issue 1-3, 1996, Pages 73-88

  Morgan, Steven G ^a,b   Zimmer Faust, Richard K ^a,c   Heck Jr , Kenneth L ^a   Coen, Loren D ^a,d  

^a DAUPHIN ISLAND SEA LAB   (United States)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^d Mar Rsrc and Research Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Estuaries; Habitat preferences; Larval settlement; Larval transport; Nursery areas

Indexed keywords

CALLINECTES SAPIDUS;

HABITAT PREFERENCE; LARVAL TRANSPORT; NURSERY GROUNDS; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

USA, ALABAMA, MOBILE BAY; USA, MISSISSIPPI, MISSISSIPPI SOUND;

EID: 0029667189     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps133073     Document Type: Article

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