Use of digital colour analysis to assess variation within individual adult American lobsters (Homarus americanus) and the process of addition of colour in white lobsters

New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 571-580

  Tlusty, Michael ^a  

^a England Aquarium   (United States)

Author keywords

Artificial diet; Astaxanthin; Crustacyanin; Crustochrin; Homarus americanus

Indexed keywords

COLOR; INTRASPECIFIC VARIATION; LOBSTER;

ANIMALIA; HOMARUS AMERICANUS; LOBSTER;

EID: 18844414355     PISSN: 00288330     EISSN: 11758805     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00288330.2005.9517336     Document Type: Article

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