A preliminary study of primary sex ratios in the freshwater crayfish, Cherax destructor Clark

Aquaculture

Volumn 174, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 43-50

  Austin, Christopher M ^a   Meewan, Maliwan ^a  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aquaculture; Cherax destructor; Monosex broods; Sex determination; Sex ratio

Indexed keywords

CRUSTACEAN; SEX DETERMINATION; SEX RATIO;

AUSTRALIA;

CHERAX DESTRUCTOR; DECAPODA;

EID: 0033561227     PISSN: 00448486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0044-8486(98)00506-7     Document Type: Article

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