Dispersion and recruitment of crab larvae in the Chesapeake Bay plume: Physical and biological controls

Estuaries

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 563-574

  Roman, Michael R ^a   Boicourt, William C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRAB; DISPERSION; LARVAL TRANSPORT; RECRUITMENT; RIVER PLUME;

CHESAPEAKE BAY; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; COPEPODA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA);

EID: 0032754794     PISSN: 01608347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1353044     Document Type: Article

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