Pre- and post-settlement processes in recruitment of the American lobster

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 217, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 179-207

  Wahle, Richard A ^a   Incze, Lewis S ^a  

^a BIGELOW LABORATORY FOR OCEAN SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Advection; Artificial reef; Habitat limitation; Homarus americanus; Larval dispersal; Lobster; Nonequilibrium; Recruitment limitation

Indexed keywords

AMERICAN LOBSTER; CROWDING; LARVAL SETTLEMENT; LARVAL TRANSPORT; POPULATION DENSITY; RECRUITMENT; SETTLEMENT;

ARTICLE; ECOLOGY; LARVA; LOBSTER; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NONHUMAN; SAMPLING; UNITED STATES;

USA, MAINE;

DECAPODA; HOMARUS AMERICANUS;

EID: 0030703230     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-0981(97)00055-5     Document Type: Article

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