Effect of morphometric maturity and size on enzyme activities and nucleic acid ratios in the snow crab Chionoecetes opilio

Journal of Crustacean Biology

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 232-242

  Mayrand, Elise ^a   Guderley, Helga ^a   Dutil, Jean Denis ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b MAURICE LAMONTAGNE INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHIONOECETES OPILIO;

EID: 0031972049     PISSN: 02780372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1549317     Document Type: Article

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