Growth of female red king crabs Paralithodes camtshaticus from Kodiak, Alaska, during pubertal, primiparous, and multiparous molts

Alaska Fishery Research Bulletin

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 270-277

  Stevens, Bradley G ^a   Swiney, Katherine M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS DARTMOUTH   (United States)

^b NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); LIMULUS; PARALITHODES; PARALITHODES CAMTSCHATICUS;

EID: 46749110075     PISSN: 10917306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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