Sexual competition among male blue crab, Callinectes sapidus

Biological Bulletin

Volumn 193, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 368-380

  Jivoff, Paul ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b SMITHSONIAN ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c Rutgers University Marine Field Station   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALLINECTES SAPIDUS;

BLUE CRAB; EJACULATE; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; SPERM COMPETITION;

USA, CHESAPEAKE BAY;

EID: 0031284503     PISSN: 00063185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1542939     Document Type: Article

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