Dataset: Cancer consumption and reproduction (Bio.Inv. 2015)
Deployment: Griffen_lab

Lab experiment linking dietary consumption and reproduction
Principal Investigator: 
Dr Blaine D. Griffen (University of South Carolina)
BCO-DMO Data Manager: 
Nancy Copley (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, WHOI BCO-DMO)
Project: 
Current State: 
Final no updates expected
Version Date: 
2016-05-10
Description

This data set is from an experiment that varied the total amount of food present and the proportion of that food that was animal or algal tissue in the diet. We maintained crabs on the same diet for 8 weeks, after which we quantified their reproductive effort and physiological condition.

Related Reference: Griffen BD, Riley ME (2015) Potential impacts of invasive crabs on one life history strategy of native rock crabs in the Gulf of Maine. Biological Invasions 17:2533-2544.

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