Aggressive interactions between the crayfishes Cambarus bartonii bartonii and C. robustus (Decapoda: Cambaridae): Interspecific and intraspecific contests

Journal of Crustacean Biology

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 131-146

  Guiasu, Radu Cornel ^a   Dunham, David W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAMBARUS BARTONII; CAMBARUS ROBUSTUS;

EID: 0033083980     PISSN: 02780372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1549555     Document Type: Article

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