Geostatistical analysis of the abundance and winter distribution patterns of the blue crab Callinectes sapidus in Chesapeake Bay

Transactions of the American Fisheries Society

Volumn 134, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1582-1598

  Jensen, Olaf P ^a,b   Miller, Thomas J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AGE; ANNUAL VARIATION; CRAB; FISHERY; GEOSTATISTICS; HABITAT USE; HETEROGENEITY; LIFE HISTORY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEDIMENT; SEX ALLOCATION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPATIAL VARIATION;

CHESAPEAKE BAY; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

CALLINECTES SAPIDUS;

EID: 33746881772     PISSN: 00028487     EISSN: 15488659     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1577/T04-218.1     Document Type: Article

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