Comparison of internal and external markers in digestibility studies involving the Australian freshwater crayfish, Cherax destructor Clark (Decapoda, Parastacidae)

Aquaculture Research

Volumn 29, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 487-493

  Jones, P L ^a   De Silva, S S ^a  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 0031817921     PISSN: 1355557X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2109.1998.00231.x     Document Type: Article

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