Growth, density and biomass of crayfish, Pacifastacus leniusculus, in a British lowland river

Aquatic Living Resources

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 265-272

  Guan, Ruizhang ^a   Wiles, P Roy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BUCKINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

biomass; density; freshwater crustacean; growth; Pacifastacus leniusculus; river; United Kingdom

Indexed keywords

PACIFASTACUS LENIUSCULUS; DECAPODA;

BIOMASS; DENSITY; GROWTH; INTRODUCED CRAYFISH; SIGNAL CRAYFISH;

UK, ENGLAND, GREAT OUSE RIVER;

EID: 0030429076     PISSN: 09907440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/alr:1996030     Document Type: Article

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