Estuarine production of juvenile Dungeness crab (Cancer magister) and contribution to the Oregon-Washington coastal fishery

Estuaries

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 1174-1188

  Armstrong, David A ^a   Rooper, Chris ^a   Gunderson, Donald ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; CATCH STATISTICS; COASTAL FISHERY; CRAB FISHERY; ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEM; JUVENILE;

(NORTHEAST); PACIFIC OCEAN;

CANCER MAGISTER; CANCRIDAE; CRUSTACEA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA TAXON); DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA);

EID: 0142120629     PISSN: 01608347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02803372     Document Type: Article

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