Seasonal variations in sediment and bottom water chemistry of western Long Island Sound: Implications for lobster mortality

Journal of Shellfish Research

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 805-814

  Cuomo, Carmela ^a   Valente, Raymond ^b   Dogru, Deren ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAVEN   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Ammonia; Homarus americanus; Hypoxia; Imaging; Lobster; Mortality; Stressors; Sulfide

Indexed keywords

BENTHOS; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; HEALTH IMPACT; LOBSTER; MORTALITY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEDIMENT;

LONG ISLAND SOUND; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

HOMARUS AMERICANUS; LOBSTER;

EID: 33646780541     PISSN: 07308000     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2983/0730-8000(2005)24[805:SVISAB]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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