Growth of spanner crabs, Ranina ranina, off the east coast of Australia

Marine and Freshwater Research

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 319-325

  Chen, Y ^a,b   Kennelly, S J ^a  

^a NSW Fisheries Research Institute   (Australia)

^b MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRUSTACEAN; GROWTH RATE; MOLT;

(SOUTHWEST); CORAL SEA; PACIFIC OCEAN;

ANIMALIA; ANTHOZOA; CRUSTACEA; DECAPODA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); INVERTEBRATA; RANINA RANINA;

EID: 0033016411     PISSN: 13231650     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/MF98023     Document Type: Article

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