Does intense fishing on males impair mating success of female Dungeness crabs?

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 655-669

  Hankin, David G ^a   Butler, Terrance H ^b   Wild, Paul W ^c   Xue, Qian Li ^a,d  

^a HUMBOLDT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b California Department of Fish and Game ^*  (Canada)

^c CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND GAME   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; CRAB FISHERIES; CRAB FISHERY; DUNGENESS CRAB; EXPLOITATION RATE; FEMALES; INTENSE FISHING; MATING SUCCESS; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS;

CANCER MAGISTER; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA);

EID: 85047675930     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/f96-308     Document Type: Article

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