Sexual seasonal growth variation and reproduction biology of the rock pool prawn, Palaemon elegans (Decapoda: Palaemonidae) in the southern Black Sea

Scientia Marina

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 239-247

  Bilgin, Sabri ^a   Ozen, Ozcan ^a   Samsun, Osman ^b  

^a ÇANAKKALE ONSEKIZ MART UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b SINOP UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Black Sea; Maturity size; Palaemon elegans; Reproduction cycle; Rock pool prawn; Seasonal growth

Indexed keywords

CRUSTACEAN; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; GROWTH RATE; JUVENILE; LENGTH-FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY; REPRODUCTIVE CYCLE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEXUAL REPRODUCTION; SIZE AT MATURITY;

BLACK SEA; EURASIA;

PALAEMON ELEGANS; PALAEMONIDAE;

EID: 67649522283     PISSN: 02148358     EISSN: 18868134     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3989/scimar.2009.73n2239     Document Type: Article

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