Distribution, abundance, and survivorship of young-of-the-year in a commercially exploited population of horseshoe crabs Limulus polyphemus

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 265, Issue , 2003, Pages 175-184

  Botton, Mark L ^a   Loveland, Robert E ^b   Tiwari, Athena ^a  

^a FORDHAM UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Delaware Bay; Fisheries; Horseshoe crab; Limulus polyphemus; Recruitment

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; CRAB FISHERY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; RECRUITMENT; SURVIVORSHIP;

DELAWARE BAY; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

DECAPODA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); LIMULIDAE; LIMULUS; LIMULUS POLYPHEMUS; MEROSTOMATA; POLYPHEMUS; TRILOBITOMORPHA;

EID: 0842302410     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps265175     Document Type: Article

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