Fecundity of Liocarcinus arcuatus (Decapoda: Brachyura) in the ria de arousa (Galicia, NW Spain)

Ophelia

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 19-26

  Muiño, Ramón ^a   Fernández, Luis ^a   González Gurriarán, Eduardo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF A CORUÑA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Egg developmental stages; Egg number; Egg volume; Liocarcinus arcuatus; Spatial and temporal variation

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; BODY SIZE; EGG; FERTILITY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; SPAIN;

BODY SIZE; CRAB; FECUNDITY;

SPAIN;

DECAPODA; LIOCARCINUS ARCUATUS;

EID: 0033756923     PISSN: 00785326     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00785326.2000.10409432     Document Type: Article

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