Size and age at onset of sexual maturity of female Norway lobster Nephrops norvegicus L. (Crustacea: Nephropidae) in the Strait of Sicily (Central Mediterranean Sea)

Scientia Marina

Volumn 62, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 151-159

  Bianchini, Marco L ^b   Di Stefano, Lucio ^a   Ragonese, Sergio ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Central Mediterranean; Nephrops norvegicus; Norway lobster; Reproduction

Indexed keywords

EID: 0008835746     PISSN: 02148358     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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