Habitat use, temporal abundance variability, and diet of blue crabs from a New Jersey estuarine system

Estuaries

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 731-745

  Meise, C J ^a   Stehlik, L L ^a  

^a NORTHEAST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRAB; DIET; ESTUARY; HABITAT USE; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; SEASONAL VARIATION;

NAVENSINK RIVER; NEW JERSEY; SANDY HOOK BAY; UNITED STATES;

ALGAE; AMPHIPODA; CALLINECTES SAPIDUS; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 0041425100     PISSN: 01608347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02711984     Document Type: Article

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