Effect of temperature, sexual maturity and sex on growth, food intake and gross growth efficiency in the "Pulpito" Octopus tehuelchus (d'Orbigny, 1834)

Journal of Shellfish Research

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 979-986

  Klaich, M Javier ^a,b   Ré, María E ^b   Pedraza, Susana N ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LA PATAGONIA SAN JUAN BOSCO   (Argentina)

^b CONICET ^*  (Argentina)

Author keywords

Food intake; Gross growth efficiency; Octopus tehuelchus; Sexual maturity; Southwestern Atlantic; Temperature

Indexed keywords

CEPHALOPOD; FOOD INTAKE; GROWTH RATE; SEXUAL MATURITY; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

CEPHALOPODA; OCTOPUS; OCTOPUS TEHUELCHUS;

EID: 33845877481     PISSN: 07308000     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2983/0730-8000(2006)25[979:EOTSMA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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