Shelter use of the red-swamp crayfish (Procambarus clarkii) in dry-season stream pools

Archiv fur Hydrobiologie

Volumn 157, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 535-546

  Ilhéu, Maria ^a   Acquistapace, Patrizia ^b   Benvenuto, Chiara ^b   Gherardi, Francesca ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ÉVORA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Burrow; Crayfish; Heat protection; Home range; Refuge; Temporary streams

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; BURROW; CRAYFISH; EPHEMERAL STREAM; HABITAT USE; REFUGE;

ASTACOIDEA; CAMBARIDAE; CRUSTACEA; PROCAMBARUS CLARKII;

EID: 0041733100     PISSN: 00039136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/0003-9136/2003/0157-0535     Document Type: Article

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