Evidence for sperm limitation in the blue crab, Callinectes sapidus

Bulletin of Marine Science

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 287-310

  Hines, Anson H ^a   Jivoff, Paul R ^a   Bushmann, Paul J ^a   Van Montfrans, Jacques ^b   Reed, Sherry A ^c   Wolcott, Donna L ^d   Wolcott, Thomas G ^d  

^a SMITHSONIAN ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (United States)

^c SMITHSONIAN MARINE STATION   (United States)

^d NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRAB; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SPERM;

CALLINECTES SAPIDUS; CRUSTACEA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); INVERTEBRATA; PORTUNIDAE;

EID: 0142134400     PISSN: 00074977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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