Habitat fragmentation in a seagrass landscape: Patch size and complexity control blue crab survival

Ecology

Volumn 82, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 1814-1829

  Hovel, K A ^a   Lipcius, R N ^a  

^a SONOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Artificial eelgrass; Blue crab; Callinectes sapidus; Complexity; Habitat fragmentation; Landscape ecology; Scale; Seagrass; Survival; Zostera marina

Indexed keywords

CRAB; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; PATCH SIZE; SEAGRASS; SURVIVAL;

ANIMALIA; CALLINECTES SAPIDUS; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); HALOPHILA; RHINOPTERINAE; ZOSTERA MARINA;

EID: 0034919675     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(2001)082[1814:HFIASL]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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