Variation in egg size of the fresh-water prawn Macrobrachium amazonicum (Decapoda: Palaemonidae)

Journal of Crustacean Biology

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 684-688

  Odinetz Collart, O ^a   Rabelo, H ^b  

^a INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); MACROBRACHIUM; MACROBRACHIUM AMAZONICUM; PALAEMONIDAE;

EID: 8044242919     PISSN: 02780372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/193724096X00775     Document Type: Article

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