Shifting the natural spring-summer breeding season of the Australian freshwater crayfish Cherax quadricarinatus into the winter by environmental manipulations

Aquaculture

Volumn 220, Issue 1-4, 2003, Pages 277-286

  Karplus, Ilan ^a   Gideon, Hulata ^a   Barki, Assaf ^a  

^a VOLCANI CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Cherax quadricarinatus; Crayfish; Photoperiod; Redclaw; Spawning; Winter simulation

Indexed keywords

AQUACULTURE; CRAYFISH; PHOTOPERIOD; SPAWNING; TEMPERATURE;

ASTACOIDEA; CHERAX; CHERAX QUADRICARINATUS; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA TAXON); PALAEMONIDAE; TRIXIS;

EID: 0037437071     PISSN: 00448486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0044-8486(02)00225-9     Document Type: Article

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