Effects of eyestalk ablation at different times of the year on molting and reproduction of the estuarine grapsid crab Chasmagnathus granulata (Decapoda, Brachyura)

Journal of Crustacean Biology

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 239-244

  Stella, Vivian S ^a   López Greco, Laura S ^a   Rodríguez, Enrique M ^a  

^a Laboratorio de Fisiologia Comportamiento Buenos Aires   (Argentina)

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CHASMAGNATHUS GRANULATA;

EID: 0034194424     PISSN: 02780372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1651/0278-0372(2000)020[0239:eoeaad]2.0.co;2     Document Type: Article

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