The sperm plug is a reliable indicator of mating success in female Dungeness crabs, Cancer magister

Journal of Crustacean Biology

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 314-326

  Oh, Shauna J ^a,b   Hankin, David G ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b California Sea Grant College Program   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER MAGISTER; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA);

EID: 2942623680     PISSN: 02780372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1651/C-2389     Document Type: Article

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