Using genetic methods to evaluate mating dynamics of snow crab (Chionoecetes opilio) in the eastern Bering Sea using archived samples collected 2007-2016 and new samples collected 2017-2018

• Main Author: Laura Slater
• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: Research Workspace
• Subjects: OCEAN > PACIFIC OCEAN > NORTH PACIFIC OCEAN > BERING SEA; Chionoecetes; Chionoecetes bairdi; Tanner crab, southern Tanner crab; Chionoecetes opilio; snow crab; 2007-2018; genetics; population dynamics; fisheries management; Bering Sea; NOAA assessment survey; hybrid; Pacific; Snow crab; Alaska; Tanner crab
• Online Access: https://search.dataone.org/view/10.24431_rw1k6cq_20220927T001857Z

This study utilized tissue and sperm reserve (i.e., spermathecae) samples taken from female snow, Tanner, and snow-Tanner hybrid crabs collected by Alaska Department of Fish and Game (ADF&G) during the annual NOAA eastern Bering Sea bottom trawl survey over a 10-year period (2007-2016) to examin...