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EFFECT OF MORPHOMETRIC MATURITY AND SIZE ON ENZYME ACTIVITIES AND NUCLEIC ACID RATIOS IN THE SNOW CRAB CHIONOECETES OPILIO

EFFECT OF MORPHOMETRIC MATURITY AND SIZE ON ENZYME ACTIVITIES AND NUCLEIC ACID RATIOS IN THE SNOW... and The effects of body size on the aerobic ca- pacity of vertebrates have been thoroughly in- vestigated during the last two decades (re- viewed by Robinson et al., 1983; Schmidt- Nielsen, 1984; Goolish, 1991). Far fewer allometric studies have been concerned with invertebrates, on the one hand, or with gly- colytic capacity, on the other hand. Given the differences in locomotory strategies and de- pendency upon aerobic and anaerobic me- tabolism, the relationships between body size and metabolic capacities may differ between mammals, fish, and invertebrates. Growth not only leads to increases in body size, but may also be associated with changes in maturity, morphology, and behavior. For example, immature males of many crustacean species, including crabs and shrimps, undergo molt cycles until they reach the adult stage. Whether the molt leading to morphometrical maturity is terminal or not in majid male crabs is still subject to controversy (Hartnoll, 1963; Conan and Comeau, 1986; Dawe et al., 1991; Sainte-Marie and Hazel, 1992), al- though the general opinion favors the termi- nal molt hypothesis. Adult males have larger gonads as well as a higher chela height to carapace width ratio than adolescent males, and they display mating behaviors http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Journal of Crustacean Biology Brill

EFFECT OF MORPHOMETRIC MATURITY AND SIZE ON ENZYME ACTIVITIES AND NUCLEIC ACID RATIOS IN THE SNOW CRAB CHIONOECETES OPILIO

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Brill
Copyright
Copyright 1998 by Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
ISSN
0278-0372
eISSN
1937-240X
DOI
10.1163/193724098X00034
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Abstract

and The effects of body size on the aerobic ca- pacity of vertebrates have been thoroughly in- vestigated during the last two decades (re- viewed by Robinson et al., 1983; Schmidt- Nielsen, 1984; Goolish, 1991). Far fewer allometric studies have been concerned with invertebrates, on the one hand, or with gly- colytic capacity, on the other hand. Given the differences in locomotory strategies and de- pendency upon aerobic and anaerobic me- tabolism, the relationships between body size and metabolic capacities may differ between mammals, fish, and invertebrates. Growth not only leads to increases in body size, but may also be associated with changes in maturity, morphology, and behavior. For example, immature males of many crustacean species, including crabs and shrimps, undergo molt cycles until they reach the adult stage. Whether the molt leading to morphometrical maturity is terminal or not in majid male crabs is still subject to controversy (Hartnoll, 1963; Conan and Comeau, 1986; Dawe et al., 1991; Sainte-Marie and Hazel, 1992), al- though the general opinion favors the termi- nal molt hypothesis. Adult males have larger gonads as well as a higher chela height to carapace width ratio than adolescent males, and they display mating behaviors

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Journal of Crustacean BiologyBrill

Published: Jan 1, 1998

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