The mismanagement of Limulus polyphemus in long Island sound, U.S.A.: What are the characteristics of a population in decline?

Changing Global Perspectives on Horseshoe Crab Biology, Conservation and Management

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages 433-461

  Beekey, Mark A ^a   Mattei, Jennifer H ^a  

^a SACRED HEART UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Condition; Harvest regulations; Home range; Long Island Sound; Mark recapture data; Operational sex ratios; Population dynamics; Prosomal width

Indexed keywords

EID: 84957610570     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-19542-1_25     Document Type: Chapter

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