Growth, processing measurements, tail meat yield, and tail meat proximate composition of male and female Australian red claw crayfish, Cherax quadricarinatus, stocked into earthen ponds

Journal of Applied Aquaculture

Volumn 16, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 117-129

  Thompson, Kenneth R ^a   Muzinic, Laura A ^a   Yancey, Daniel H ^a   Webster, Carl D ^a   Rouse, David B ^b   Xiong, Youling ^c  

^a KENTUCKY STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cherax quadricarinatus; Growth; Ponds; Processing traits; Red claw

Indexed keywords

CRAYFISH; GROWTH; MEAT;

KENTUCKY; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

ASTACOIDEA; CHERAX QUADRICARINATUS; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA);

EID: 17444427723     PISSN: 10454438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J028v16n03_08     Document Type: Article

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