Growth and reproduction of the portunid crab Charybdis bimaculata (decapoda: brachyura) in Tokyo Bay

Journal of Crustacean Biology

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 641-651

  Doi, Wataru ^a   Yokota, Masashi ^a   Strüssmann, Carlos Augusto ^a   Watanabe, Seiichi ^a  

^a TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF MARINE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Brachyura; Charybdis; Growth; Life history; Morphometry; Reproduction

Indexed keywords

BRACHYURA; CHARYBDIS (CRAB); CHARYBDIS BIMACULATA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); PORTUNIDAE;

EID: 57349122372     PISSN: 02780372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1651/07-2964.1     Document Type: Article

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