Neustonic postlarval American lobsters, Homarus americanus, in the western Gulf of Maine: Spatial and interannual variations

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 755-765

  Incze, Lewis S ^a   Aas, Peter ^a   Ainaire, Terri ^a   Bowen, Marcia ^b  

^a BIGELOW LABORATORY FOR OCEAN SCIENCES   (United States)

^b Normandeau Associates Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; LOBSTER; NEUSTON; RECRUITMENT; SEASONAL VARIATION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MAINE;

DECAPODA; HOMARUS AMERICANUS;

EID: 0034076680     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/f00-005     Document Type: Article

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