Feeding ecology of the exotic red swamp crayfish, Procambarus clarkii (Girard, 1852) in the Guadiana River (SW Iberian Peninsula)

Crustaceana

Volumn 77, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 1375-1387

  Perez Bote J L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXTREMADURA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRAYFISH; FEEDING ECOLOGY; INTRODUCED SPECIES;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GUADIANA RIVER; SOUTHERN EUROPE; WORLD;

ANIMALIA; ASTACOIDEA; DIPTERA; EPHEMEROPTERA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; PROCAMBARUS CLARKII;

EID: 15944388627     PISSN: 0011216X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/1568540043166001     Document Type: Article

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