Magnitude of harvest of Atlantic horseshoe crabs, Limulus polyphemus, in Pleasant Bay, Massachusetts

Estuaries

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 179-187

  Rutecki, Deborah ^a   Carmichael, Ruth H ^a   Valiela, Ivan ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY MARINE PROGRAM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; CRAB; FISHERY; HARVESTING; MORTALITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

CAPE COD; MASSACHUSETTS; NORTH AMERICA; PLEASANT BAY; UNITED STATES;

DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); GADUS MORHUA; LIMULUS; LIMULUS POLYPHEMUS; MEROSTOMATA; POLYPHEMUS;

EID: 2542451138     PISSN: 01608347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02803374     Document Type: Article

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