Interpopulational differences in the female reproductive cycle of the southwestern Atlantic estuarine crab Chasmagnathus granulatus Dana, 1851 (Brachyura: Grapsoidea: Varunidae)

Scientia Marina

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 709-718

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

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE MAR DEL PLATA   (Argentina)

^b Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Argentina; Crab; Estuary; Gonadosomatic index; Hepatosomic index; Ovarian cycle

Indexed keywords

CRAB; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ESTUARY; INTERPOPULATION VARIATION; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY; REPRODUCTIVE CYCLE;

ARGENTINA; CORDOBA [ARGENTINA]; MAR CHIQUITA; NORTH AMERICA; SAN ANTONIO; SOUTH AMERICA; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

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

EID: 33845996568     PISSN: 02148358     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3989/scimar.2006.70n4709     Document Type: Article

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