Substrate selection by blue crab Callinectes sapidus megalopae and first juvenile instars

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 260, Issue , 2003, Pages 209-217

  Van Montfrans, Jacques ^a   Ryer, Clifford H ^b   Orth, Robert J ^a  

^a VIRGINIA INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (United States)

^b NOAA Alaska Fisheries Science Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Blue crab; Crassostrea virginica; First juvenile instar; Habitat selection; Megalopae; Mud; Sand; Zostera marina

Indexed keywords

CRAB; HABITAT SELECTION; JUVENILE; SEAGRASS; SEDIMENT; SUBSTRATE;

CHESAPEAKE BAY; UNITED STATES;

ANGUILLIFORMES; CALLINECTES SAPIDUS; CRASSOSTREA VIRGINICA; CRUSTACEA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA TAXON); DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); HALOPHILA; OSTREIDAE; PORTUNIDAE; VALLISNERIA AMERICANA; ZOSTERA MARINA;

EID: 0242339393     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps260209     Document Type: Article

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