Quantitative relationships between postlarval production and benthic recruitment in lobsters, Homarus americanus

Marine and Freshwater Research

Volumn 48, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 729-743

  Incze, Lewis S ^a   Wahle, Richard A ^a   Cobb, J Stanley ^b  

^a BIGELOW LABORATORY FOR OCEAN SCIENCES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Collectors; Crustacea; Decapod; Growth; Moult cycle; Plankton; Postlarva; Recruitment; Settlement

Indexed keywords

JUVENILE; LOBSTER; PRODUCTION; RECRUITMENT; SUBLITTORAL ZONE;

ATLANTIC; GULF OF MAINE; RHODE ISLAND SOUND; USA;

DECAPODA; HOMARUS AMERICANIS; HOMARUS AMERICANUS;

EID: 0031398632     PISSN: 13231650     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/MF97204     Document Type: Conference Paper

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