Estimated size at sexual maturity for female mud crabs (genus Scylla) from two sympatric species within Ban Don Bay, Thailand

Journal of Crustacean Biology

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 790-797

  Lynne Overton, J ^a   Macintosh, Donald J ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); INVERTEBRATA; SCYLLA; SCYLLA OLIVACEA; SCYLLA PARAMAMOSAIN; SCYLLA SERRATA;

EID: 0036844125     PISSN: 02780372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/20021975-99990293     Document Type: Article

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