Reducing aggression between freshwater crayfish (Cherax destructor Clark: Decapoda, Parastacidae) by increasing habitat complexity

Aquaculture Research

Volumn 37, Issue 14, 2006, Pages 1419-1428

  Baird, Helena P ^a   Patullo, Blair W ^a   Macmillan, David L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aggression; Crayfish; Group behaviour; Habitat complexity; Husbandry

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; AQUACULTURE; CRAYFISH; GROUP BEHAVIOR; HABITAT STRUCTURE;

ANIMALIA; ASTACOIDEA; CHERAX DESTRUCTOR; CRUSTACEA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); PARASTACIDAE;

EID: 33749544738     PISSN: 1355557X     EISSN: 13652109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2109.2006.01575.x     Document Type: Article

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