Population dynamics of the African river prawn, Macrobrachium vollenhovenii, in Dawhenya Impoundment

Turkish Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 115-121

  Alhassan, Elliot Haruna ^a   Armah, Ayaa Kojo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY FOR DEVELOPMENT STUDIES   (Ghana)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GHANA   (Ghana)

Author keywords

Exploitation; Growth; Mortality; Recruitment

Indexed keywords

MACROBRACHIUM; MACROBRACHIUM VOLLENHOVENII;

EID: 79952711746     PISSN: 13032712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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