Claw removal and feeding ability in the edible crab, Cancer pagurus: Implications for fishery practice

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 116, Issue 2-4, 2009, Pages 302-305

  Patterson, Lynsey ^a   Dick, Jaimie T A ^a   Elwood, Robert W ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Claw removal; Decapod crustaceans; Feeding; Stress

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL WELFARE; ARTIFICIAL DIET; AUTOTOMY; BIVALVE; CRAB; EDIBLE SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; FISHERY PRODUCTION; FOOD INTAKE; SUSTAINABILITY;

ANIMALIA; CANCER PAGURUS; CRUSTACEA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA);

EID: 57749101182     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applanim.2008.08.007     Document Type: Article

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