Reproductive cycle of the blue swimmer crab, Portunus pelagicus, off southern Australia

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

Volumn 83, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 983-994

  Kumar, Martin S ^a   Xiao, Yongshun ^a   Venema, Sonja ^a   Hooper, Graham ^a  

^a SOUTH AUSTRALIAN RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRAB; EGG SIZE; FECUNDITY; REPRODUCTIVE CYCLE;

AUSTRALIA;

CRUSTACEA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); INVERTEBRATA; PORTUNIDAE; PORTUNUS PELAGICUS;

EID: 0242276034     PISSN: 00253154     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0025315403008191h     Document Type: Article

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