Calcium concentration in seawater and exoskeletal calcification in the blue crab, Callinectes sapidus

Aquaculture

Volumn 198, Issue 3-4, 2001, Pages 197-208

  Perry, Harriet ^a   Trigg, Christine ^a   Larsen, Kirsten ^a   Freeman, John ^b   Erickson, Mia ^a   Henry, Raymond ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA   (United States)

^c AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Callinectes sapidus; Exoskeletal calcification; Molting; Softshell blue crab

Indexed keywords

AQUACULTURE; CALCIFICATION; CALCIUM; MARKET CONDITIONS; SEAWATER;

EID: 0035796684     PISSN: 00448486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0044-8486(00)00603-7     Document Type: Article

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