Effects of water velocity on the size and shape of rusty crayfish, Orconectes rusticus

Freshwater Science

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1398-1409

  Perry, William L ^a   Jacks, Anthony M ^a   Fiorenza, Daniel ^a   Young, Madeleine ^a   Kuhnke, Richard ^a   Jacquemin, Stephen J ^b  

^a ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Agriculture and Water Quality Education Center   (United States)

Author keywords

body; chelae; crayfish phenotypic plasticity; geometric morphometrics; lakes; Orconectes rusticus; streams; water velocity

Indexed keywords

ASTACOIDEA; ORCONECTES RUSTICUS; PISCES;

EID: 85016175762     PISSN: 21619549     EISSN: 21619565     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1899/12-166.2     Document Type: Article

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