Distribution of snow crab, Chionoecetes spp., larvae off Wakasa Bay in the Sea of Japan

Fisheries Science

Volumn 69, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1109-1115

  Kon, Tohshi ^a   Adachi, Tatunori ^b   Suzuki, Yasuhito ^b  

^a Snow Crab Museum   (Japan)

^b Fukui Prefectural Fisheries Experimental Station   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chionoecetes spp.; Distribution; Megalopa; Sea of Japan; Snow crab; Wakasa Bay; Zoea

Indexed keywords

CHIONOECETES; CHIONOECETES OPILIO; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 0347065193     PISSN: 09199268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0919-9268.2003.00735.x     Document Type: Article

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