Delivery and movement of horseshoe crab eggs (Limulus polyphemus) in the breaking waves and swash uprush of an estuarine foreshore

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 136, Issue , 2014, Pages 191-198

  Jackson, Nancy L ^a   Nordstrom, Karl F ^b   Smith, David R ^c   Saini, Sherestha ^a  

^a NEW JERSEY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c LEETOWN SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Egg transport; Estuarine beach; Horseshoe crabs; Sediment activation; Shorebirds

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPOD; BEACH; BREAKING WAVE; CURRENT VELOCITY; EGG PRODUCTION; ENTRAINMENT; ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEM; LARVAL TRANSPORT; MOVEMENT; POINT SOURCE; REMOBILIZATION; SPAWNING GROUND; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TIDAL CYCLE; TRACER; WADER; WAVE HEIGHT; WAVE RUNUP; WAVE VELOCITY;

DELAWARE BAY; UNITED STATES;

LIMULUS POLYPHEMUS; MEROSTOMATA;

EID: 84939632539     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2013.10.025     Document Type: Article

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