Contribution to the biology of the grooved and triangle Tanner crabs, Chionoecetes tanneri and C. angulatus, in the eastern Bering Sea

Fishery Bulletin

Volumn 94, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 348-357

  Somerton, David A ^a   Donaldson, William ^b  

^a ALASKA FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b ALASKA DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND GAME   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FECUNDITY; FISHERY BIOLOGY; POPULATION NUMBER;

BERING SEA;

CHIONOECETES; CHIONOECETES ANGULATUS; CHIONOECETES TANNERI;

EID: 0029667254     PISSN: 00900656     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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