Morphometry, sexual dimorphism and size at maturity of the white-clawed crayfish Austropotamobius pallipes pallipes (Lereboullet) from a wild French population at Deux-Sevres (Decapoda, Astacidea)

Crustaceana

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 31-44

  Grandjean, F ^a   Romain, D ^b   Avila Zarza, C ^c   Bramard, M ^d   Souty Grosset, C ^a   Mocquard, J P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE POITIERS   (France)

^b Dept Statistique Traitement I   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

^d Deleg Conseil Sup Peche Poitou C   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUSTROPOTAMOBIUS PALLIPES; AUSTROPOTAMOBIUS PALLIPES PALLIPES; DECAPODA;

ALLOMETRIC GROWTH; ENDANGERED CRAYFISH; SEXUAL SIZE DIMORPHISM; SIZE AT MATURITY; WHITE-CLAWED CRAYFISH;

FRANCE, POITOU-CHARENTES, DEUX-SEVRES;

EID: 0030619483     PISSN: 0011216X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156854097X00320     Document Type: Article

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