Maturity and reproductive cycle of the female American lobster, Homarus americanus, in the southern Gulf of St. Lawrence, Canada

Journal of Crustacean Biology

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 762-774

  Comeau, Michel ^a   Savoie, Fernand ^a  

^a FISHERIES AND OCEANS CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HOMARUS; HOMARUS AMERICANUS; INVERTEBRATA; LOBSTER;

EID: 0036844656     PISSN: 02780372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1651/0278-0372(2002)022[0762:marcot]2.0.co;2     Document Type: Article

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