Stock structure and seasonal distribution patterns of American lobster, Homarus americanus, inferred through movement analyses

Fisheries Research

Volumn 90, Issue 1-3, 2008, Pages 279-288

  Bowlby, Heather D ^a   Hanson, J Mark ^b   Hutchings, Jeffrey A ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b FISHERIES AND OCEANS CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acoustic tagging; American lobster; Dispersal; Mark recapture; Stock structure

Indexed keywords

HOMARUS AMERICANUS; LOBSTER;

EID: 40849102780     PISSN: 01657836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fishres.2007.11.005     Document Type: Article

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