Spatio-temporal patterns in the mortality of bay scallop recruits in North Carolina: Investigation of a life history anomaly

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 315, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 127-146

  Bishop, Melanie J ^a   Rivera, Jose A ^a   Irlandi, Elizabeth A ^a   Ambrose Jr , William G ^a   Peterson, Charles H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Crabs; Iteroparity; Mortality; Predation; Recruitment; Scallop

Indexed keywords

BIVALVE; MORTALITY; PREDATION; RECRUITMENT; SEAGRASS MEADOW; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

NORTH AMERICA; NORTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

ARGOPECTEN; ARGOPECTEN IRRADIANS; CALLINECTES; CALLINECTES SAPIDUS; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); DYSPANOPEUS SAYI; HALOPHILA; PECTINIDAE; SCYLLA SERRATA;

EID: 13244286713     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jembe.2004.09.012     Document Type: Article

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