Linking ocean conditions to year class strength of the invasive European green crab, Carcinus maenas

Biological Invasions

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1791-1804

  Yamada, Sylvia Behrens ^a   Kosro, P Michael ^b  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

California current system; El Ni o; Pacific decadal oscillation; Spring transition; Temperature limitation; Year class strength

Indexed keywords

ARRIVAL TIME; BENTHOS; CRAB; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEM; INVASIVE SPECIES; NATIVE SPECIES; PACIFIC DECADAL OSCILLATION; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION GROWTH; PREDATION; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); SHELLFISH CULTURE; SURVIVAL; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; WATER TEMPERATURE;

CALIFORNIA CURRENT; OREGON; PACIFIC OCEAN; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON [UNITED STATES];

CARCINUS MAENAS; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA);

EID: 77952290968     PISSN: 13873547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10530-009-9589-y     Document Type: Article

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