Seasonal movement of offshore American lobster, Homarus americanus, tagged along the eastern shore of Cape Cod, Massachusetts

Fishery Bulletin

Volumn 95, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 466-476

  Estrella, Bruce T ^a   Morrissey, Thomas D ^b  

^a Massachusetts Div of Mar Fisheries   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMERICAN LOBSTER; CONTINENTAL SHELF EDGE; MARK-RECAPTURE; MIGRATIONS; MOVEMENT; SEASONAL MOVEMENT; TAGGING;

USA, MASSACHUSETTS, CAPE COD;

DECAPODA; HOMARUS AMERICANUS;

EID: 0030794422     PISSN: 00900656     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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