The influence of male mating history on male-male competition and female choice in mating associations in the blue crab, Callinectes sapidus (Rathbun)

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 239, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 23-32

  Kendall, Matthew S ^a   Wolcott, Thomas G ^b  

^a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration   (United States)

^b Earth Atmosph Sci N Carolina S ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Callinectes; Female choice; Male male competition; Mating history

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION; CRUSTACEAN; MATE CHOICE;

ARTICLE; COMPETITION; CRAB; ECOLOGY; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; GENITAL SYSTEM; MALE; MATING; NONHUMAN; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; VAS DEFERENS;

CALLINECTES SAPIDUS; DECAPODA; PORTUNIDAE;

EID: 0033151754     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-0981(99)00022-2     Document Type: Article

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