Evaluating local population dynamics of the American lobster, Homarus americanus, with trap-based mark-recapture methods and seabed mapping

New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1253-1276

  Dunnington, Michael J ^a,d   Wahle, Richard A ^a   Bell, Michael C ^b   Geraldi, Nathan R ^c  

^a BIGELOW LABORATORY FOR OCEAN SCIENCES   (United States)

^b CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENT   (United Kingdom)

^c Island Institute   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

American lobster; Homarus americanus; Mark recapture; Side scan sonar; Tagging; Trapping

Indexed keywords

LOBSTER; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SAMPLING; TRAPPING;

ANIMALIA; HOMARUS AMERICANUS; LOBSTER;

EID: 30744434360     PISSN: 00288330     EISSN: 11758805     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00288330.2005.9517391     Document Type: Article

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