The relationship between circulating ecdysteroids and chela allometry in male tanner crabs: Evidence for a terminal molt in the genus Chionoecetes

Journal of Crustacean Biology

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 635-642

  Tamone, Sherry L ^a   Taggart, S James ^b   Andrews, Alexander G ^a   Mondragon, Jennifer ^c   Nielsen, Julie K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA SOUTHEAST   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHIONOECETES; CHIONOECETES BAIRDI; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA);

EID: 35948966073     PISSN: 02780372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1651/S-2802.1     Document Type: Article

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