Thermal limit of euastacus sulcatus (Decapoda: Parastacidae), a freshwater crayfish from the highlands of central eastern Australia

Marine and Freshwater Research

Volumn 65, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 645-651

  Bone, James William Parker ^a   Wild, Clyde Hamilton ^a   Furse, James Michael ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

aquatic poikilotherm; climate change; environmental temperature

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AGGRESSION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CRAYFISH; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; REFUGE; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84903280016     PISSN: 13231650     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/MF13189     Document Type: Article

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