Survival and condition of hard shell male adult snow crabs (Chionoecetes opilio) during fasting at different temperatures

Aquaculture

Volumn 189, Issue 3-4, 2000, Pages 259-275

  Hardy, Daniel ^a   Dutil, Jean Denis ^a   Godbout, Guillaume ^a   Munro, Jean ^a  

^a MAURICE LAMONTAGNE INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Condition; Fasting; Snow crab; Survival; Temperature

Indexed keywords

CRUSTACEAN; STARVATION; SURVIVAL;

CHIONOECETES OPILIO; DECAPODA;

EID: 0034597437     PISSN: 00448486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0044-8486(00)00377-X     Document Type: Article

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