Spatial linkages between decapod planktonic and benthic adult stages in a Newfoundland fjordic system

Journal of Marine Research

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 841-862

  Quijón, Pedro A ^a,b   Snelgrove, Paul V R ^a  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CRUSTACEAN; FJORD; PLANKTON;

CANADA; NEWFOUNDLAND; NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR; NORTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

ANURA; CANCER IRRORATUS; CANCER PAGURUS; CHIONOECETES OPILIO; CRUSTACEA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); HYAS COARCTATUS; PANDALIDAE; PANDALUS MONTAGUI;

EID: 25844529332     PISSN: 00222402     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1357/0022240054663178     Document Type: Article

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