Effects of cadmium on somatic and gonadal growth of juvenile females of the estuarine crab chasmagnathus granulata (brachyura: Grapsidae)

Zoological Studies

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 344-350

  Kogan, Mariela ^a   López Greco, Laura S ^a   Romano, Luis A ^b   Rodríguez, Enrique M ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Cadmium; Crustaceans; Ovary; Sexual maturity

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034287708     PISSN: 10215506     EISSN: 1810522X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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