Seagrass habitat loss and fragmentation influence management strategies for a blue crab Callinectes sapidus fishery

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 427, Issue , 2011, Pages 247-257

  Mizerek, Toni ^a   Regan, Helen M ^a,b   Hovel, Kevin A ^a  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Blue crab; Callinectes sapidus; Fishing; Habitat fragmentation; Reintroduction; Seagrass; Seascape

Indexed keywords

CRAB; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; FISHERY PRODUCTION; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT LOSS; HARVESTING; JUVENILE; LIFE HISTORY; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; PERSISTENCE; REINTRODUCTION; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SEAGRASS; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

CALLINECTES SAPIDUS; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA);

EID: 79954540836     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps09021     Document Type: Article

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