Comparative analysis of escape behavior in male, and gravid and non-gravid, female lobsters

Biological Bulletin

Volumn 194, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 63-71

  Cromarty, S I ^a,b   Mello, J ^a   Kass Simon, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMERICAN LOBSTER; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOUR; GRAVIDITY; SEX DIFFERENCES;

DECAPODA; HOMARUS AMERICANUS;

EID: 0031597497     PISSN: 00063185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1542514     Document Type: Article

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