Food choice by the introduced crayfish Procambarus clarkii

Annales Zoologici Fennici

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 517-528

  Correia, Alexandra Marçal ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; CRAYFISH; DIET; FEEDING ECOLOGY; INTRODUCED SPECIES; ONTOGENY; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

ANIMALIA; ASTACOIDEA; CAMBARIDAE; INVERTEBRATA; PROCAMBARUS; PROCAMBARUS CLARKII;

EID: 0346463323     PISSN: 0003455X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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