Female reproductive characteristics of three species in the Orconectes subgenus Trisellescens and comparisons to other Orconectes species

Freshwater Crayfish

Volumn 16, Issue , 2008, Pages 147-153

  Adams, Susan B ^a  

^a USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Egg size; Fecundity; Orconectes chickasawae; Orconectes etnieri; Orconectes jonesi; Reproduction

Indexed keywords

ORCONECTES CHICKASAWAE; ORCONECTES ETNIERI; ORCONECTES JONESI;

EID: 77952805363     PISSN: 20764324     EISSN: 20764332     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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