Habitat and shelter requirements of the stone crayfish, Austropotamobius torrentium Schrank

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 477, Issue , 2002, Pages 195-199

  Streissl, Franz ^a   Hoödl, Walter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Austropotamobius torrentium; Body size; Crayfish; Habitat; Shelter; Velocity

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; OCEAN HABITATS;

SURFACE AREA;

MARINE BIOLOGY;

BODY SIZE; CRAYFISH; HABITAT SELECTION; REFUGE; SHELTER;

ASTACIDEA; ASTACOIDEA; AUSTROPOTAMOBIUS; AUSTROPOTAMOBIUS TORRENTIUM;

EID: 0036625012     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1021094309738     Document Type: Article

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