Aspects of the biology and ecology of the Australian freshwater crayfish, Euastacus urospinosus (decapoda: parastacidae)

Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales

Volumn 1998, Issue 119, 1998, Pages 87-100

  Borsboom, Adrian ^a  

^a Queensland Dept of Nat Resources ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

Breeding seasonality; Burrows; Euastacus urospinosus; Growth; Maturation; Population structure; Reproduction; Trapping

Indexed keywords

EID: 3142565307     PISSN: 0370047X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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