Reproduction and sexual dimorphism of the palaemonid shrimp Macrobrachium hainanense in Hong Kong streams

Journal of Crustacean Biology

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 450-459

  Mantel, Sukhmani Kaur ^a   Dudgeon, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MACROBRACHIUM; MACROBRACHIUM HAINANENSE; PALAEMONIDAE;

EID: 24144459608     PISSN: 02780372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1651/C-2541     Document Type: Article

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