Estimating age and growth in long-lived temperate freshwater crayfish using lipofuscin

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 439-446

  Belchier, Mark ^a,b   Edsman, Lennart ^c   Sheehy, Matt R J ^a   Shelton, Peter M J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b School of Biological Sciences   (United Kingdom)

^c INSTITUTE OF FRESHWATER RESEARCH   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE ESTIMATION; CRAYFISH; GROWTH; LIPOFUSCIN;

DECAPODA; PACIFASTACUS LENIUSCULUS;

EID: 0031959099     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2427.1998.00292.x     Document Type: Article

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