A production modeling approach to the assessment of the horseshoe crab (Limulus polyphemus) population in Delaware Bay

Fishery Bulletin

Volumn 104, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 215-225

  Davis, Michelle L ^a   Berkson, Jim ^a   Kelly, Marcella ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATCH STATISTICS; COMMERCIAL SPECIES; CRAB; CRUSTACEAN CULTURE; FISHERY MODELING; FOOD AVAILABILITY; HARVESTING; POPULATION DECLINE; STOCK ASSESSMENT; WADER;

DELAWARE BAY; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

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

EID: 33747496280     PISSN: 00900656     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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