Population dynamics and reproductive output of the non-indigenous crab Charybdis hellerii in the south-eastern Caribbean Sea

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

Volumn 92, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 469-474

  Bolaños, Juan A ^a   Baeza, J Antonio ^b,c,d   Hernandez, Jesús E ^a   Lira, Carlos ^a   López, Régulo ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE ORIENTE   (Venezuela)

^b OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SMITHSONIAN MARINE STATION   (United States)

^d UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DEL NORTE   (Chile)

Author keywords

invasive species; recruitment; sex ratio; size at first maturity; Venezuela

Indexed keywords

CRAB; EGG PRODUCTION; INVASIVE SPECIES; NATURAL ENEMY; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); REPRODUCTIVE COST; SEX RATIO; SIZE AT MATURITY; SUBTIDAL ENVIRONMENT;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN SEA; VENEZUELA;

CHARYBDIS HELLERI; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA);

EID: 84859324643     PISSN: 00253154     EISSN: 14697769     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S002531541100052X     Document Type: Article

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