Rapid estimation of in situ growth rates of Caridina nilotica (Crustacea: Decapoda) in Lake Victoria: Description and pilot application of a simple, field-compatible technique

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 692-698

  Hart, Rob C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NATAL PIETERMARITZBURG   (South Africa)

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CARIDINA NILOTICA;

EID: 0035030387     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.2001.46.3.0692     Document Type: Article

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