Consumption of fresh and decomposed duckweed Spirodela sp. by Redclaw crayfish, Cherax quadricarinatus (von Martens)

Aquaculture Research

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 379-382

  Fletcher, A ^a   Warburton, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASTACOIDEA; CHERAX QUADRICARINATUS; LEMNA; MUSTELINAE; SPIRODELA;

EID: 0030943672     PISSN: 1355557X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2109.1997.tb01055.x     Document Type: Article

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