Life history and production of Paranephrops zealandicus in a forest stream, with comments about the sustainable harvest of a freshwater crayfish

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 467-478

  Whitmore, Nathan ^a,b   Huryn, Alexander D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Age; Crustacea; Eggs; Growth rate; Moulting

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; CRAYFISH; HARVESTING; LIFE HISTORY; SUSTAINABILITY;

NEW ZEALAND;

ANIMALIA; ASTACOIDEA; CRUSTACEA; INVERTEBRATA; PARANEPHROPS; PARANEPHROPS ZEALANDICUS;

EID: 0032734167     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2427.1999.00482.x     Document Type: Article

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