Application of remote sensing to settlement of Callinectes sapidus megalopae in the Mississippi bight

Journal of Shellfish Research

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1439-1442

  Perry, Harriet M ^a   Johnson, Donald ^b   Trigg, Christine ^a   Eleuterius, Charles ^a   Warren, James ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Blue crab; Currents; Gulf of Mexico; Wind stress

Indexed keywords

CRUSTACEAN; CURRENT; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; LARVAL SETTLEMENT; REMOTE SENSING;

GULF OF MEXICO; UNITED STATES;

CALLINECTES SAPIDUS; DECAPODA;

EID: 0032430021     PISSN: 07308000     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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