Decline in size of male blue crabs (Callinectes sapidus) from 1968 to 2000 near Calvert Cliffs, Maryland

Estuaries

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 105-114

  Abbe, George R ^a  

^a Estuarine Research Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; CATCH STATISTICS; CRAB; FISHERY REGULATION; TREND ANALYSIS;

CALVERT CLIFFS; MARYLAND; UNITED STATES;

CALLINECTES; CALLINECTES SAPIDUS; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA);

EID: 0036107401     PISSN: 01608347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf02696054     Document Type: Article

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