Variation of female size and stage at maturity in snow crab (Chionoecetes opilio) (Brachyura: Majidae) from the eastern Bering Sea

Journal of Crustacean Biology

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 576-591

  Orensanz, J M ^a   Ernst, Billy ^b   Armstrong, David A ^c  

^a Centra Nacional Patagónico CENPat   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONCEPCIÓN   (Chile)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRACHYURA; CHIONOECETES OPILIO; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); INVERTEBRATA; MAJIDAE;

EID: 35948988190     PISSN: 02780372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1651/S-2790.1     Document Type: Article

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