Morphometric and gonad maturity in the spider crab Maja brachydactyla: a comparison of methods for estimating size at maturity in species with determinate growth

ICES Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 63, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 851-859

  Corgos, Antonio ^a   Freire, Juan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF A CORUÑA   (Spain)

Author keywords

decapods; Maja brachydacta; maturation; morphometrics

Indexed keywords

CRAB; GROWTH RATE; JUVENILE; MORPHOMETRY; ONTOGENY;

ARANEAE; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); MAJA; MAJA BRACHYDACTYLA; MAJIDAE;

EID: 33646851414     PISSN: 10543139     EISSN: 10959289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icesjms.2006.03.003     Document Type: Article

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