Comparisons of fecundity, egg size, and egg mass volume of the freshwater prawns Macrobrachium potiuna and Macrobrachium olfersi (Decapoda, Palaemonidae)

Journal of Crustacean Biology

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 862-868

  Nazari, E M ^a   Simoes Costa M S ^a   Muller Y M R ^a   Ammar, D ^a   Dias, M ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA CATARINA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); INVERTEBRATA; MACROBRACHIUM; MACROBRACHIUM OLFERSI; MACROBRACHIUM POTIUNA; PALAEMONIDAE;

EID: 0242405907     PISSN: 02780372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1651/C-2387     Document Type: Article

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