Abundance and production of the introduced signal crayfish in a British lowland river

Aquaculture International

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 59-76

  Guan, Rui Zhang ^a  

^a JIMEI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Biomass; British river; Density; Production; Signal crayfish (Pacifastacus leniusculus)

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIOMASS; DENSITY; PRODUCTIVITY; RIVER;

UNITED KINGDOM;

PACIFASTACUS LENIUSCULUS;

EID: 0033944082     PISSN: 09676120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1009272916339     Document Type: Article

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