Indeterminate growth of the fairy shrimp, branchinella (branchinellites) kugenumaensis (branchiopoda: Anostraca) in an unpredictable ephemeral pool

Journal of Crustacean Biology

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 366-372

  Huang, Shiang Lin ^a   Wang, Chun Chieh ^a   Huang, Wan Ping ^a   Chou, Lien Siang ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Anostraca; Branchinella kugenumaensis; Fecundity; Life history; Taiwan; Typhoon rains

Indexed keywords

ANOSTRACA; BRANCHINELLA KUGENUMAENSIS; BRANCHIOPODA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); THAMNOCEPHALIDAE;

EID: 77953605635     PISSN: 02780372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1651/09-3235.1     Document Type: Article

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