Exoskeletal lesions in the male snow crab Chionoecetes opilio (Brachyura: Majidae) in the southern Gulf of St. Lawrence

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 76, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 601-608

  Benhalima, Khadra ^a   Moriyasu, Mikio ^a   Wade, Elmer ^a   Hébert, Marcel ^a  

^a GULF FISHERIES CENTRE   (Canada)

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EID: 0031720618     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/cjz-76-4-601     Document Type: Article

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