Comparative reproductive biology of two southwestern Atlantic populations of the hermit crab Pagurus exilis (Crustacea: Anomura: Paguridae)

Marine Ecology

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 584-591

  Terossi, Mariana ^a   Torati, Lucas S ^a   Miranda, Ivana ^a   Scelzo, Marcelo A ^b   Mantelatto, Fernando L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE MAR DEL PLATA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Argentina; Brazil; Egg volume; Fecundity; Pagurus exilis; Reproductive period

Indexed keywords

CRAB; EGG DEVELOPMENT; EGG SIZE; ENDEMIC SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FECUNDITY; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; INCUBATION; REPRODUCTION; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY; SPRING (SEASON); SUMMER;

ARGENTINA; BRAZIL; RIO DE JANEIRO [BRAZIL];

ANOMURA; CRUSTACEA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); PAGURIDAE; PAGURUS;

EID: 77956413406     PISSN: 01739565     EISSN: 14390485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0485.2010.00387.x     Document Type: Article

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