Lifetime reproductive potential of female blue crabs Callinectes sapidus in North Carolina, USA

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 394, Issue , 2009, Pages 153-163

  Darnell, M Zachary ^a   Rittschof, Dan ^a   Darnell, Kelly M ^a,b   McDowell, Ruth E ^a,c  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MARINE LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

Blue crab; Callinectes sapidus; Degree days; Fecundity; Multiple clutches; Reproductive potential; Spawning biology

Indexed keywords

CRAB; EGG PRODUCTION; EGG SIZE; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; FECUNDITY; FOOD AVAILABILITY; MOLT; PHENOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION MODELING; REPRODUCTIVE POTENTIAL; SIZE AT MATURITY; STOCK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL; WATER TEMPERATURE;

NORTH AMERICA; NORTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

CALLINECTES SAPIDUS; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA);

EID: 71849089030     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps08295     Document Type: Article

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