Mating behavior and a behavioral assay for female receptivity in the red-claw crayfish Cherax quadricarinatus

Journal of Crustacean Biology

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 493-497

  Barki, Assaf ^a   Karplus, Ilan ^a  

^a VOLCANI CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHERAX QUADRICARINATUS;

EID: 0033178944     PISSN: 02780372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1549258     Document Type: Article

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