Pilot evaluation of early juvenile blue crab stock enhancement using a replicated BACI design

Reviews in Fisheries Science

Volumn 16, Issue 1-3, 2008, Pages 91-100

  Eggleston, David B ^a   Johnson, Eric G ^b   Kellison, G Todd ^c   Plaia, Gayle R ^a   Huggett, Cynthia L ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SMITHSONIAN ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

BACI; Blue crabs; Density dependence; Stock enhancement; Translocation

Indexed keywords

CALLINECTES SAPIDUS; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA);

EID: 40249095278     PISSN: 10641262     EISSN: 15476553     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10641260701681664     Document Type: Article

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