Effects of horseshoe crab harvest in delaware bay on red knots: Are harvest restrictions working?

BioScience

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 153-164

  Niles, Lawrence J ^a   Bart, Jonathan ^b   Sitters, Humphrey P ^c   Dey, Amanda D ^d   Clark, Kathleen E ^d   Atkinson, Phillip W ^e   Baker, Allan J ^f   Bennett, Karen A ^g   Kalasz, Kevin S ^g   Clark, Nigel A ^e   Clark, Jacquie ^e   Gillings, Simon ^e   Gates, Albert S ^h   Gonzalez, Patricia M ⁱ   Hernandez, Daniel E ^j   Minton, Clive D T ^k   Morrison, R I Guy ^l   Porter, Ronald R ^h   Ross, R Ken ^l   Veitch, C Richard ^h  

^a Conserve Wildlife Foundation of New Jersey ^*  (United States)

^b FOREST AND RANGELAND ECOSYSTEM SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^c International Wader Study Group Bulletin   (United Kingdom)

^d Endangered and Nongame Species Program   (United States)

^e THE NUNNERY   (United Kingdom)

^f DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Canada)

^g Delaware Division of Fish and Wildlife   (United States)

^h Princeton NJ ^*

ⁱ Fundacion Inalafquen   (Argentina)

^j RICHARD STOCKTON COLLEGE OF NEW JERSEY   (United States)

^k Victoria Wader Studies Group   (Australia)

^l ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

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Author keywords

Calidris canutus rufa; Delaware Bay; Horseshoe crab; Limulus polyphemus; Red knot

Indexed keywords

CALIDRIS CANUTUS; CALIDRIS CANUTUS RUFA; LIMULUS; LIMULUS POLYPHEMUS; MEROSTOMATA;

EID: 67649770908     PISSN: 00063568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/bio.2009.59.2.8     Document Type: Article

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