Conservation of imperiled crayfish - Euastacus bindal (Decapoda: Parastacidae), a Highland crayfish from far North Queensland, Australia

Journal of Crustacean Biology

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 677-683

  Furse, James M ^a   Bone, James W P ^a   Appleton, Samuel D ^a   Leland, Jesse C ^a,b   Coughran, Jason ^a,c  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b SOUTHERN CROSS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c Outback Ecology   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASTACOIDEA; EUASTACUS BINDAL; PARASTACIDAE;

EID: 84863111037     PISSN: 02780372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/193724012X633405     Document Type: Article

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