Growth of the blue swimmer crab, Portunus pelagicus (Linnaeus, 1758) (Decapoda, Brachyura) in captivity

Crustaceana

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 1-18

  Josileen, Jose ^a   Menon, N G ^a  

^a CENTRAL MARINE FISHERIES RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPTIVE POPULATION; CRAB; GROWTH; HATCHERY;

BRACHYURA; PORTUNUS PELAGICUS;

EID: 21244467542     PISSN: 0011216X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/1568540054024556     Document Type: Article

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