Ontogenetic changes in digestive proteases and carbohydrases from the Australian freshwater crayfish, redclaw Cherax quadricarinatus (Crustacea, Decapoda, Parastacidae)

Aquaculture Research

Volumn 34, Issue 13, 2003, Pages 1235-1239

  Figueiredo, M S R B ^a   Anderson, A J ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA CATARINA   (Brazil)

^b QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Crayfish; Digestion; Enzymes; Ontogeny

Indexed keywords

ONTOGENY;

ASTACOIDEA; CHERAX QUADRICARINATUS; CRUSTACEA; PARASTACIDAE;

EID: 0242318349     PISSN: 1355557X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2109.2003.00929.x     Document Type: Article

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