Fecundity and spawning of the Atlantic horseshoe crab, Limulus polyphemus, in Pleasant Bay, Cape Cod, Massachusetts, USA

Marine Ecology

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 54-65

  Leschen, Alison S ^a,b   Grady, Sara P ^a   Valiela, Ivan ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY MARINE PROGRAM   (United States)

^b Massachusetts Div of Mar Fisheries   (United States)

Author keywords

Determinate spawners; Eggs; Population dynamics; Prosomal width; Tagging

Indexed keywords

CRAB; FECUNDITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SPAWNING;

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

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

EID: 33645050904     PISSN: 01739565     EISSN: 14390485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0485.2005.00053.x     Document Type: Article

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