Freshwater crayfish growth under culture conditions: Proposition for a standard reporting approach

Journal of the World Aquaculture Society

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 11-19

  Evans, Louis H ^a   Jussila, Japo ^a,b  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASTACOIDEA; ASTACUS ASTACUS; CHERAX QUADRICARINATUS; CHERAX TENUIMANUS; PACIFASTACUS LENIUSCULUS; PONTASTACUS LEPTODACTYLUS; PROCAMBARUS CLARKII; CHERAX DESTRUCTOR; DECAPODA;

MARRON; NOBLE CRAYFISH; RED CLAW; RED SWAMP CRAYFISH; SIGNAL CRAYFISH; YABBIE;

EID: 0031472631     PISSN: 08938849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-7345.1997.tb00956.x     Document Type: Article

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