Atmospheric forcing drives recruitment variation in the Dungeness crab (Cancer magister), revisited

Fisheries Oceanography

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 263-272

  Shanks, A L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer magister; Density dependent; Dungeness crabs; Megalopae; Pacific Decadal Oscillation; Recruitment; Recruitment limited; Spring transition; Upwelling

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ANNUAL REVIEW; ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; BENTHOS; CATCH STATISTICS; COMMERCIAL ACTIVITY; COMMERCIAL SPECIES; CORRELATION; CRAB; GROWTH RATE; PACIFIC DECADAL OSCILLATION; POPULATION DENSITY;

CALIFORNIA CURRENT; COOS BAY; OREGON; PACIFIC OCEAN; UNITED STATES;

CANCER MAGISTER;

EID: 84878779420     PISSN: 10546006     EISSN: 13652419     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/fog.12020     Document Type: Article

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