Concurrent decline of the spawning stock, recruitment, larval abundance, and size of the blue crab Callinectes sapidus in Chesapeake Bay

Abstract

Key demographic variables and parameters of the spawning stock include population abundance at Time t (N t ), recruitment relationships, size structure, and mean size at maturity (L m ). Recruitment and demographic parameters such as N t and L m may covary with the spawning stock, which alters expected population trajectories and persistence compared to