Spatial dynamics of snow crab (chionoecetes opilio) in the eastern bering sea-putting together the pieces of the puzzle

Bulletin of Marine Science

Volumn 86, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 413-437

  Parada, Carolina ^a,b   Armstrong, David A ^c   Ernst, Billy ^a   Hinckley, Sarah ^d   Orensanz, J M ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONCEPCIÓN   (Chile)

^b Instituto de Investigación Pesquera VIII Región SA   (Chile)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d ALASKA FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^e CENTRO NACIONAL PATAGÓNICO   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIOPHYSICS; CLIMATE CHANGE; CRAB; FISHERY MODELING; HATCHING; LARVAL SETTLEMENT; LARVAL TRANSPORT; NUMERICAL MODEL; ONTOGENY; POPULATION MIGRATION; RANGE EXPANSION; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); SHELF BREAK; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

BERING SEA; PACIFIC OCEAN;

CHIONOECETES OPILIO; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA);

EID: 77952117283     PISSN: 00074977     EISSN: 15536955     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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