Growth rate variability and lipofuscin accumulation rates in the blue crab Callinectes sapidus

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 224, Issue , 2001, Pages 197-205

  Ju, Se Jong ^a   Secor, David H ^a   Harvey, H Rodger ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE   (United States)

Author keywords

Age and growth; Age pigment; Blue crab; Callinectus sapidus; Carapace width; Chesapeake Bay; Eye stalk; Lipofuscin

Indexed keywords

CRAB; GROWTH RATE; PIGMENT; POND CULTURE; VON BERTALANFFY EQUATION;

CHESAPEAKE BAY; UNITED STATES;

CALLINECTES SAPIDUS; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 0035915505     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps224197     Document Type: Article

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