Morphological maturity and allometric growth in the squat lobster Munida rugosa

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

Volumn 89, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1189-1194

  Claverie, Thomas ^a   Smith, I Philip ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MARINE BIOLOGICAL STATION   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Abdomen width; Allometry; Cheliped length; Maturity; Munida rugosa; Segmental regression

Indexed keywords

ALLOMETRY; BIOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; BODY SIZE; LOBSTER; MORPHOLOGY; SIZE AT MATURITY;

GALATHEIDAE; MUNIDA RUGOSA;

EID: 74149084764     PISSN: 00253154     EISSN: 14697769     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0025315409000277     Document Type: Article

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