Changes in embryonic development and hatching in chionoecetes opilio (snow crab) with variation in incubation temperature

Biological Bulletin

Volumn 213, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 67-75

  Webb, Joel B ^a,b   Eckert, Ginny L ^a   Shirley, Thomas C ^a,c   Tamone, Sherry L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^b ALASKA DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND GAME   (United States)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY CORPUS CHRISTI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRAB; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HATCHING; INCUBATION; MOVEMENT; REPRODUCTIVE POTENTIAL; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; WATER TEMPERATURE;

BERING SEA; PACIFIC OCEAN;

CHIONOECETES OPILIO; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA);

EID: 34548282957     PISSN: 00063185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/25066619     Document Type: Article

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