Culture of the Australian red-claw crayfish (Cherax quadricarinatus) in Israel III. Survival in earthen ponds under ambient winter temperatures

Aquaculture

Volumn 166, Issue 3-4, 1998, Pages 259-267

  Karplus, Ilan ^a   Zoran, Myron ^a   Milstein, Ana ^a   Harpaz, Sheenan ^a   Eran, Yoav ^b   Joseph, Dan ^b   Sagi, Amir ^c  

^a VOLCANI CENTER   (Israel)

^b EXTENSION SERVICE   (Israel)

^c BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Cherax quadricarinatus; Cold tolerance; Crayfish; Red claw

Indexed keywords

CRUSTACEAN; POND CULTURE; SURVIVAL; WINTER;

ISRAEL;

CHERAX QUADRICARINATUS; DECAPODA;

EID: 0032527523     PISSN: 00448486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0044-8486(98)00290-7     Document Type: Article

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