Recruitment strategies in lobsters and crabs: A comparison

Marine and Freshwater Research

Volumn 48, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 797-806

  Cobb, J Stanley ^a   Booth, John D ^b   Clancy, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRAB; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; LOBSTER; RECRUITMENT;

CANCER; DECAPODA; PANULIRUS;

EID: 0031398421     PISSN: 13231650     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/MF97219     Document Type: Conference Paper

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