Effect of density on population development in the Amazon River Prawn Macrobrachium amazonicum

Aquatic Biology

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 291-301

  Valenti, Patrícia Moraes ^a   De Morais, Priscila Atique ^a   De Lima Preto, Bruno ^a   Valenti, Wagner C ^a  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Crustacean mesocosm; Density dependent factors; Intraspecific competition; Macrobrachium amazonicum; Sex ratio

Indexed keywords

CRUSTACEA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); MACROBRACHIUM AMAZONICUM;

EID: 77956267794     PISSN: 18647782     EISSN: 18647790     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/ab00261     Document Type: Article

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