Female reproductive cycle of the Southwestern Atlantic estuarine crab Chasmagnathus granulatus (Brachyura: Grapsoidea: Varunidae)

Scientia Marina

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 127-137

  Ituarte, Romina B ^a   Spivak, Eduardo D ^a   Luppi, Tomás A ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE MAR DEL PLATA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Breeding cycles; Chasmagnathus granulatus; Gonadosomatic index; Hatching; Hepatosomatic index

Indexed keywords

CRAB; HATCHING; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY; REPRODUCTIVE CYCLE;

ARGENTINA; CORDOBA [ARGENTINA]; MAR CHIQUITA; SOUTH AMERICA;

BRACHYURA; CHASMAGNATHUS GRANULATA; CHASMAGNATHUS GRANULATUS; DECAPODA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); GRAPSOIDEA; VARUNIDAE;

EID: 2542598571     PISSN: 02148358     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3989/scimar.2004.68n1127     Document Type: Article

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