Relative pleopod length as an indicator of size at sexual maturity in slipper (Scyllarides squammosus) and spiny Hawaiian (Panulirus marginatus) lobsters

Fishery Bulletin

Volumn 103, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 23-33

  DeMartini, Edward E ^a   McCracken, Marti L ^a   Moffitt, Robert B ^a   Wetherall, Jerry A ^a  

^a NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTIMATION METHOD; LOBSTER; SEXUAL MATURITY; SIZE AT MATURITY;

ANIMALIA; CRUSTACEA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); HAWAIIA; INVERTEBRATA; LOBSTER; PALINURIDAE; PANULIRUS; PANULIRUS MARGINATUS; PONTOPHILUS SPINOSUS; SCYLLARIDAE; SCYLLARIDES; SIGMOIDEA;

EID: 13244298456     PISSN: 00900656     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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