Sperm competition and paternity assurance during the first breeding period of female snow crab (Chionoecetes opilio) (Brachyura: Majidae)

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1104-1113

  Urbani, Nicola ^a   Sainte Marie, Bernard ^b   Sévigny, Jean Marie ^b   Zadworny, David ^a   Kuhnlein, Urs ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MAURICE LAMONTAGNE INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRUSTACEAN; PATERNITY; SPERM COMPETITION;

ANIMALIA; BRACHYURA; CHIONOECETES OPILIO; CRUSTACEA; DECAPODA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); INVERTEBRATA; MAJIDAE; OPILIO;

EID: 0031773183     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/f98-006     Document Type: Article

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