Seasonal movement and resource-use patterns of resident horseshoe crab (Limulus polyphemus) populations in a Maine, USA estuary

Estuaries and Coasts

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1016-1026

  Moore, Slade ^a,c   Perrin, Steve ^b  

^a MAINE DEPARTMENT OF MARINE RESOURCES   (United States)

^b Friends of Taunton Bay   (United States)

^c Biological Conservation LLC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY PATTERN; CRAB; DISPERSAL; ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEM; HOME RANGE; MIGRATORY BEHAVIOR; MOVEMENT; RANGE SIZE; RESOURCE USE; SEASONAL VARIATION;

MAINE; NORTH AMERICA; TAUNTON BAY; UNITED STATES;

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

EID: 40949154725     PISSN: 15592723     EISSN: 15592731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02841392     Document Type: Article

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