Re-examining extreme longevity of the cave crayfish Orconectes australis using new mark-recapture data: A lesson on the limitations of iterative size-at-age models

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 57, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1471-1481

  Venarsky, Michael P ^a   Huryn, Alexander D ^a   Benstead, Jonathan P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Crayfish; Growth rate; Life history; Longevity; Time to maturity

Indexed keywords

ASTACOIDEA; ORCONECTES AUSTRALIS;

EID: 84862118504     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: 13652427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2427.2012.02812.x     Document Type: Article

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