Acoustic-tracking and radio-tracking of horseshoe crabs to assess spawning behavior and subtidal habitat use in delaware bay

North American Journal of Fisheries Management

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 1376-1384

  Brousseau, Lorne J ^a   Sclafani, Matthew ^a   Smith, David R ^b   Carter, David B ^c  

^a Mathematics Specialist Cornell University   (United States)

^b LEETOWN SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^c Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOTELEMETRY; CRUSTACEAN; HABITAT USE; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; SPAWNING; SUBTIDAL ENVIRONMENT;

DELAWARE BAY; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

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

EID: 11244341461     PISSN: 02755947     EISSN: 15488675     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1577/1548-8675(2004)24<1376:AAROHC>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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