Spatial and temporal patterns of spawning and larval hatching by the horseshoe crab, Limulus polyphemus, in a microtidal coastal lagoon

Estuaries

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 631-640

  Ehlinger, Gretchen S ^a,b   Tankersley, Richard A ^a   Bush, Mark B ^a  

^a Florida Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b FISH AND WILDLIFE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COASTAL LAGOON; CRAB; ESTUARY; LARVAL TRANSPORT; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPAWNING; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

FLORIDA; INDIAN RIVER LAGOON; UNITED STATES;

DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); INVERTEBRATA; LIMULUS POLYPHEMUS; MEROSTOMATA; POLYPHEMUS;

EID: 0042631530     PISSN: 01608347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02711975     Document Type: Article

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