Factors affecting horseshoe crab Limulus polyphemus trawl survey design

Transactions of the American Fisheries Society

Volumn 133, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 292-299

  Hata, David ^a   Berkson, Jim ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATCH STATISTICS; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; SURVEY DESIGN; TRAWLING;

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

EID: 1642391760     PISSN: 00028487     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1577/02-145     Document Type: Review

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