Mating of snow crab Chionoecetes opilio (O. Fabricius, 1788) (Decapoda, Majidae) in the fjord of Bonne Bay, Newfoundland

Crustaceana

Volumn 71, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 925-941

  Comeau, Michel ^a   Robichaud, Guy ^a   Starr, Michel ^b   Therriault, Jean Claude ^b   Conan, Gérard Y ^c  

^a GULF FISHERIES CENTRE   (Canada)

^b MAURICE LAMONTAGNE INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c Institut National de Recherche Halieutique   (Morocco)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; CRUSTACEAN; MATING BEHAVIOR; POPULATION STRUCTURE;

BONNE BAY; CANADA; NEWFOUNDLAND;

CHIONOECETES OPILIO;

EID: 0031700105     PISSN: 0011216X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156854098X00932     Document Type: Article

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