Dataset: Blue crab hepatopancreas index (HSI)
Deployment: Griffen_2014

Weight of hepatopancreas for crabs fed different diets
Principal Investigator: 
Dr Blaine D. Griffen (University of South Carolina)
Student: 
Benjamin A. Belgrad (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: 
2015-12-22
Version Date: 
2015-12-22
Description

Related Reference:

Belgrad, B. and B. Griffen. 2016. The influence of dietary shifts on fitness of the blue crab, Callinectes sapidus. PloS One. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0145481.

Treatments:
FL = crabs fed large portions of fish
FS = crabs fed small portions of fish
ML= crabs fed large portions of mussels
MS = crabs fed small portions of mussels
SL = crabs fed large portions of seaweed
SS = crabs fed small portions of seaweed

Related Datasets:

Blue crab activity
Blue crab egg size
Blue crab hepatopancreas lipid content
Blue crab reproductive tissue analysis (GSI)
Blue crab survival

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