Settlement of blue crab postlarvae in western North Atlantic estuaries

• Main Authors: van Montfrans, J, Epifano, CE, Knott, DM, Lipcius, R M
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: W&M ScholarWorks 1995
• Subjects: Callinectes-sapidus; Chesapeake Bay; Fisheries Science Peer-Reviewed Articles; Aquaculture and Fisheries; York River; North Atlantic
• Online Access: https://scholarworks.wm.edu/vimsarticles/1536; https://scholarworks.wm.edu/context/vimsarticles/article/2537/viewcontent/Settlement_of_blue_crab___van_Monfrans_et_al.pdf

We quantified variability in daily settlement of blue crab postlarvae (megalopae) on identical artificial settlement substrates at up to 6 sites concurrently over a broad geographic expanse (similar to 1300 km) of the western North Atlantic (Delaware-South Carolina, USA). The 4-year study encompasse...