Moult cycle and growth of Maja squinado (Decapoda: Majidae) in coastal habitats of Galicia, north-west Spain

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

Volumn 83, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 995-1005

  Sampedro, María Paz ^a   González Gurriarán, Eduardo ^b   Freire, Juan ^b  

^a Centro Nacional Instituto Español de Oceanografía   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF A CORUÑA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COASTAL WATER; CRAB; MOLT; SEASONALITY;

SPAIN;

ARANEAE; CRUSTACEA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); INVERTEBRATA; MAJA SQUINADO; MAJIDAE;

EID: 0242370802     PISSN: 00253154     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0025315403008208h     Document Type: Article

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