Abundance and Dispersal Potential of Horseshoe Crab (Limulus polyphemus) Larvae in the Delaware Estuary

Estuaries

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1472-1479

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

^a FORDHAM UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; CRAB; DISPERSAL; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; LARVA; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION;

DELAWARE ESTUARY; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

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

EID: 0842330858     PISSN: 01608347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02803655     Document Type: Article

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