The relative roles of predation and sperm competition on the duration of the post-copulatory association between the sexes in the blue crab, Callinectes sapidus

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 175-185

  Jivoff, Paul ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b SMITHSONIAN ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c SMITHSONIAN MARINE STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Blue crab; Post copulatory mate association; Predation; Sperm competition

Indexed keywords

CALLINECTES SAPIDUS;

EID: 0030892013     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002650050331     Document Type: Article

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