Breeding biology and population structure of the intertidal crab Petrolisthes laevigatus (Anomura: Porcellanidae) in central-southern Chile

Journal of Natural History

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 375-388

  Lardies, Marco Antonio ^a   Rojas, José Miguel ^a   Wehrtmann, Ingo S ^b  

^a PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE COSTA RICA   (Costa Rica)

Author keywords

Gonadosomatic index; Intertidal; Porcellanidae; Reproductive cycle; Sex ratio

Indexed keywords

CRAB; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; POPULATION STRUCTURE; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY; REPRODUCTIVE CYCLE; SEX RATIO;

CHILE; SOUTH AMERICA;

ANOMURA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); INVERTEBRATA; PETROLISTHES; PETROLISTHES LAEVIGATUS; PORCELLANIDAE;

EID: 0842265780     PISSN: 00222933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0022293021000016543     Document Type: Article

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