Reproductive and population traits of the swimming crab Achelous spinimanus (Crustacea: Decapoda) in an upwelling region in southeastern Brazil

Reproductive and population traits of the swimming crab Achelous spinimanus (Crustacea: Decapoda) in an upwelling region in southeastern Brazil

Abstract This study investigated the temporal abundance, periods of reproduction and recruitment, gonad sexual maturity, and population structure of the swimming crab Achelous spinimanus (Latreille, 1819) in Macaé, a region of the Brazilian coast affected by upwelling events. The samples were collec...

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Main Authors: Luciana Segura de Andrade, Rogério Caetano da Costa, Antônio Leão Castilho, Israel Fernandes Frameschi, Gustavo Sérgio Sancinetti, Adilson Fransozo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Carcinologia
Series:Nauplius
Subjects:
Geographic variation
management
Portunidae
Portunus
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