Claw allometry in green crabs, Carcinus maenas: Heterochely, handedness, and sex

Marine Biology

Volumn 153, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 523-528

  Juanes, F ^a   Lee, K T ^b   McKnight, A ^a   Kellogg, K ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^c SKIDMORE COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLOMETRY; BODY SIZE; CRAB; GROWTH RATE; HANDEDNESS; MORPHOLOGY; MORPHOMETRY; REGENERATION; ROLE REVERSAL; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM;

MAINE; NEW JERSEY; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

CARCINUS MAENAS; CRUSTACEA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA);

EID: 38349127863     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00227-007-0826-6     Document Type: Article

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