Growth and mortality, recruitment and yield of the fresh-water shrimp, Macrobrachium vollenhovenii, Herklots 1851 (Crustacea, Palaemonidae) in the Fahe reservoir, Cote d'Ivoire, West Africa

Fisheries Research

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 211-223

  Etim, Lawrence ^a,b   Sankare, Yacouba ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UYO   (Nigeria)

^b ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^c Centre de Researches Oceanologiques   (Côte d’Ivoire)

Author keywords

Cote d'Ivoire; Fresh water shrimps population dynamics; Growth; Macrobrachium vollenhovenii; Mortality rates; Recruitment

Indexed keywords

GROWTH; MORTALITY; RECRUITMENT; SHRIMP FISHERY; YIELD;

COTE D'IVOIRE;

DECAPODA; MACROBRACHIUM VOLLENHOVENII;

EID: 0032213854     PISSN: 01657836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-7836(98)00161-1     Document Type: Article

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