ABSTRACT This study examined the effects of ration and temperature on the molt of male adolescent snow crab Chionoecetes opilio (O. Fabricius, 1788). In one experiment, crabs were exposed to 1 of 4 treatments, 2 levels of ration and 2 levels of temperature. In a second experiment, all crabs were fed and a 4-level factor was addressed in which temperature was held constant as in experiment 1 (2 levels) or switched from one level to the other. Food consumption declined significantly and at a similar rate over time at both temperatures, several weeks before molt took place. Larger crabs molted to morphometric maturity in a greater proportion with no influence of ration or temperature. Smaller crabs also molted earlier than larger crabs. Temperature had a marked effect on the timing of molt, with crabs kept at a higher temperature molting 1 mo earlier and crabs exposed to shifted temperatures, molting midway between the two other groups. Body density decreased markedly at ecdysis, but was also influenced by r...