Reproductive and morphometric traits of macrobrachium amazonicum (Decapoda: Palaemonidae) from the Pantanal, Brazil, suggests initial speciation

Revista de Biologia Tropical

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 39-57

  Hayd, Liliam ^a,b   Anger, Klaus ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSIDADE ESTADUAL DE MATO GROSSO DO SUL   (Brazil)

^b The Pantanal Research Center   (Brazil)

^c ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Caridea; Fecundity; Freshwater shrimp; Growth; Life history; Reproduction

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; BRAZIL; EGG LAYING; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; MALE; PALAEMONIDAE; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; SEX RATIO;

ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; BRAZIL; FEMALE; FERTILITY; MALE; OVIPOSITION; PALAEMONIDAE; REPRODUCTION; SEX RATIO;

EID: 84874408704     PISSN: 00347744     EISSN: 22152075     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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