Does pleopod setation provide a measure of maturity in female southern rock lobsters Jasus edwardsii?

Processes affecting the estimation of the size at onset of maturity (SOM) using ovigerous setae were investigated in southern rock lobsters Jasus edwardsii. Comparison of estimates of SOM based on ovigerous setae in samples collected during summer months (December-March) with those based on the pres...

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Main Authors: Caleb Gardner, David Mills, Stewart Frusher
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas 2005-03-01
Series:Scientia Marina
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Online Access:http://scientiamarina.revistas.csic.es/index.php/scientiamarina/article/view/239