Transport and Recruitment of Blue Crab Larvae: A Model with Advection and Mortality

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 99-111

  Garvine, R W ^a   Epifanio, C E ^a   Epifanio, C C ^b   Wong, K C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer; Coastal; Crab fisheries; Current; Delaware Bay; Population dynamics; Recruitment; Transport

Indexed keywords

BLUE CRAB; CRAB LARVA; CRUSTACEAN LARVAE; LARVAL TRANSPORT; MEGALOPA; MESOPLANKTON; OCEAN CURRENT; RECRUITMENT;

ATLANTIC; MIDDLE ATLANTIC BIGHT;

CALLINECTES SAPIDUS; CRUSTACEA; DECAPODA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA);

EID: 0031193333     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/ecss.1996.0161     Document Type: Article

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