Size and age at first copulation and spawning of the apple snail, Pomacea canaliculata (Gastropoda: Ampullariidae)

Applied Entomology and Zoology

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 199-205

  Estoy Jr , Gerardo F ^a   Yusa, Yoichi ^b   Wada, Takashi ^b   Sakurai, Hironori ^a   Tsuchida, Koji ^a  

^a GIFU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTER FOR KYUSHU OKINAWA REGION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Age; Food; Maturity; Pomacea canaliculata; Size

Indexed keywords

AMPULLARIIDAE; GASTROPODA; INVERTEBRATA; MALUS X DOMESTICA; POMACEA; POMACEA CANALICULATA;

EID: 0036488606     PISSN: 00036862     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1303/aez.2002.199     Document Type: Article

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