Early blue crab recruitment to alternative nursery habitats in Mississippi, USA

Journal of Shellfish Research

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 253-259

  Rakocinski, Chet F ^a   McCall, Donna Drury ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

Author keywords

Blue crab recruitment; Callinectes; Nursery habitat

Indexed keywords

RECRUITMENT;

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

CALLINECTES; CALLINECTES SAPIDUS; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); HALOPHILA;

EID: 18944399306     PISSN: 07308000     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2983/0730-8000(2005)24[253:EBCRTA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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