An age-structured population model for horseshoe crabs in the Delaware Bay area to assess harvest and egg availability for shorebirds

Estuaries and Coasts

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 277-286

  Sweka, John A ^a   Smith, David R ^b   Millard, Michael J ^a  

^a Northeast Fishery Center   (United States)

^b LEETOWN SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AGE STRUCTURE; ASSESSMENT METHOD; CRAB; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; EGG PREDATION; FOOD AVAILABILITY; MORTALITY; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION GROWTH; SPAWNING POPULATION; WADER;

DELAWARE BAY; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

LIMULUS; MEROSTOMATA;

EID: 34250836840     PISSN: 15592723     EISSN: 15592731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02700170     Document Type: Article

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