Population density, survival and movement of blue crabs in estuarine salt marsh nurseries

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 407, Issue , 2010, Pages 135-147

  Johnson, Eric G ^a,b   Eggleston, David B ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SMITHSONIAN ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Blue crab; Callinectes sapidus; Mark recapture; Salt marsh; Survival

Indexed keywords

CRAB; ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEM; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; MOVEMENT; MUDFLAT; POPULATION DENSITY; SALTMARSH; SURVIVAL;

NORTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

CALLINECTES SAPIDUS; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA);

EID: 77954132267     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps08574     Document Type: Article

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