Embryo development and morphometry in the blue king crab Paralithodes platypus studied by using image and cluster analysis

Journal of Shellfish Research

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 569-576

  Stevens, Bradley G ^a  

^a NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Development; Embryo; Hatching; Image analysis; Incubation; King crab; Morphometry

Indexed keywords

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CRAB; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MORPHOMETRY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

ALASKA; NORTH AMERICA; PRIBILOF ISLANDS; UNITED STATES;

CRUSTACEA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); LIMULUS; PARALITHODES PLATYPUS;

EID: 33747683494     PISSN: 07308000     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2983/0730-8000(2006)25[569:EDAMIT]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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