A simple model of the blue crab, Callinectes Sapidus, spawning migration in chesapeake bay

Bulletin of Marine Science

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 421-428

  Prager, Michael H ^a  

^a SOUTHWEST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLUE CRAB; MIGRATION; MODEL; MODELLING; SPAWNING POPULATION; SPAWNING POPULATIONS; STOCK ASSESSMENT;

USA, (NORTHEAST), CHESAPEAKE BAY; USA, CHESAPEAKE BAY;

CALLINECTES SAPIDUS; DECAPODA;

EID: 0029768464     PISSN: 00074977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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