Temperature-induced oviposition in the brachyuran crab Cancer setosus along a latitudinal cline: Aquaria experiments and analysis of field-data

Ovigerous females of Cancer setosus are present year-round throughout most of its wide range along the Peruvian/Chilean Pacific coast (2°S-46°S). However, their number of egg-masses produced per year remains speculative and as such has neither been considered in latitudinal comparisons of reproducti...

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Main Authors: Fischer, Sönke (Author), Thatje, Sven (Author)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: 2008-03-31.
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