The timing and route of movement and migration of post-copulatory female blue crabs, Callinectes sapidus Rathbun, from the upper Chesapeake Bay

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 319, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 117-128

  Aguilar, R ^a   Hines, A H ^a   Wolcott, T G ^b   Wolcott, D L ^b   Kramer, M A ^a   Lipcius, R N ^c  

^a SMITHSONIAN ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c VIRGINIA INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (United States)

Author keywords

Callinectes sapidus; Chesapeake Bay; Female blue crab; Mark recapture; Migration; Tagging

Indexed keywords

CRAB; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; MIGRATION; MOVEMENT; SPAWNING;

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

CALLINECTES SAPIDUS; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); MARTES;

EID: 19044373215     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jembe.2004.08.030     Document Type: Conference Paper

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