Population and production estimates for decapod crustaceans in wetlands of Galveston Bay, Texas

Transactions of the American Fisheries Society

Volumn 137, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 129-146

  Minello, Thomas J ^a   Matthews, Geoffrey A ^a   Caldwell, Philip A ^a   Rozas, Lawrence P ^a  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; BIOMASS; CRAB; FISHERY SURVEY; GROWTH RATE; MORTALITY; NEKTON; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; WETLAND;

GALVESTON BAY; NORTH AMERICA; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

CALLINECTES SAPIDUS; CRUSTACEA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); FARFANTEPENAEUS AZTECUS; LITOPENAEUS SETIFERUS;

EID: 41349095917     PISSN: 00028487     EISSN: 15488659     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1577/T06-276.1     Document Type: Article

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