Density-dependent settler-recruit-juvenile relationships in blue crabs

Ecological Monographs

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 277-300

  Pile, Adele J ^a   Lipcius, Romuald N ^a   Van Montfrans, Jacques ^a   Orth, Robert J ^a  

^a VIRGINIA INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (United States)

Author keywords

Blue crabs; Callinectes sapidus; Chesapeake bay; Experimental bias; Predation; Recruits; Settlers; Tethering; Tropical storms

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BLUE CRAB; CRAB JUVENILE; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS; RECRUITMENT; SETTLING BEHAVIOUR; SURVIVAL;

USA, CHESAPEAKE BAY;

CALLINECTES SAPIDUS; DECAPODA;

EID: 0030428249     PISSN: 00129615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2963519     Document Type: Article

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