Individual food intake measurement of freshwater crayfish (Pacifastacus leniusculus Dana) juveniles

Aquaculture Research

Volumn 36, Issue 13, 2005, Pages 1304-1312

  Ahvenharju, Tero ^a   Ruohonen, Kari ^b  

^a FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b Turku Game and Fisheries Research   (Finland)

Author keywords

Food intake; Gelatin diet; Growth; Radiography; Signal crayfish

Indexed keywords

FOOD INTAKE;

ASTACOIDEA; PACIFASTACUS LENIUSCULUS; RUTILUS RUTILUS;

EID: 25844485507     PISSN: 1355557X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2109.2005.01348.x     Document Type: Article

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