Effects of sea stars and crabs on sea scallop Placopecten magellanicus recruitment in the Mid-Atlantic Bight (USA)

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 306, Issue , 2006, Pages 209-221

  Hart, Deborah R ^a  

^a NORTHEAST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Asterias spp.; Astropecten spp.; Cancer spp.; Placopecten magellanicus; Predation; Recruitment; Scallop; Sea star

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BENTHOS; PREDATOR; RECRUITMENT;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; MIDDLE ATLANTIC BIGHT;

ASTERIAS; ASTEROIDEA; ASTROPECTEN; ASTROPECTEN AMERICANUS; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); INVERTEBRATA; PLACOPECTEN MAGELLANICUS;

EID: 32644441429     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps306209     Document Type: Article

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