Settlement of blue crab megalopae along the Gulf Coast

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dc.contributor.authorRabalais NNen_US
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dc.date.accessioned2010-02-15T17:13:55Z
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dc.date.issued1995 1993 Nov 16en_US
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dc.description.abstractThe Gulf of Mexico effort in the cooperative, inter-regional blue crab settlement program began in 1990 and continues to present with as many as four sites, each with at least two years of data. Sites are Galveston Bay TX, Terrebonne Bay LA, Mississippi Sound MS. and Mobile Bay AL. Peak settlement episodes on artificial substrates in surface waters of Gulf coast estuaries range from the 10s to 1000s per collector; these values are two to three orders of magnitude greater than those for the East coast. Peak megalopal settlement generally occurs in Aug-Oct in Gulf coast estuaries, but varies from year-to-year. Megalopal settlement is asynchronous among Gulf sites, and is mostly episodic. Settlement peaks in Gulf study sites either (1) show no clear pattern with lunar periodicity or winds, (2) are consistent with onshore winds, or (3) show clear synchrony with lunar periodicity at the time of the new moon. In contrast, settlement peaks along the East coast are synchronous with large-scale climatic and physical forcingen_US
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dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1969.3/23005
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dc.notesBlue Crab Recruitment Symp., Hilton Head, SC (USA)0007-4977EnglishJournal Article; Conference; SummaryMarine; BrackishCS9607150en_US
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dc.relation.ispartofseries50531.00en_US
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dc.seriesBulletin of Marine Science [BULL. MAR. SCI.]en_US
dc.subjectANW,USA,East Coasten_US
dc.subjectASW,USA,Gulf Coasten_US
dc.subjectBlue craben_US
dc.subjectCallinectesen_US
dc.subjectcrustacean larvaeen_US
dc.subjectenvironmental factorsen_US
dc.subjectestuariesen_US
dc.subjectGalveston Bayen_US
dc.subjectLarval settlementen_US
dc.subjectmegalopsen_US
dc.subjectO 1030 Invertebratesen_US
dc.subjectO 1070 Ecology/Community Studiesen_US
dc.subjectQ1 01284 Reproduction and developmenten_US
dc.subjectQ1 01423 Behaviouren_US
dc.subjectrecruitmenten_US
dc.subjectsettling behavioren_US
dc.subjectSurface wateren_US
dc.subjectUSAen_US
dc.subjectwateren_US
dc.subjectWinden_US
dc.titleSettlement of blue crab megalopae along the Gulf Coasten_US
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