Dynamics of larval patches: Spatial distribution of fiddler crab larvae in Delaware Bay and adjacent waters

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 293, Issue , 2005, Pages 177-190

  Petrone, Christopher ^a   Jancaitis, Lauren B ^a   Jones, M Brandon ^a   Natunewicz, Cecily C ^b   Tilburg, Charles E ^a,c   Epifanio, Charles E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b UNITED STATES NAVAL ACADEMY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Megalopae; Models; Patches; Uca larvae; Zoeae

Indexed keywords

CRAB; LARVAL TRANSPORT; PATCH DYNAMICS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TIDAL CYCLE;

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

OCYPODIDAE; UCA;

EID: 21244449590     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps293177     Document Type: Article

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