Molting and growth in relation to form alternations in the male spiny-cheek crayfish Orconectes limosus

Zoological Studies

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 28-38

  Buřič, Miloš ^a   Kouba, Antonín ^a   Kozák, Pavel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Crayfish; Growth; Intra sex dimorphism; Invasive species

Indexed keywords

ASTACOIDEA; ORCONECTES LIMOSUS;

EID: 78149310982     PISSN: 10215506     EISSN: 1810522X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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