Studies on the morphometry of Macrobrachium nobilii (Decapoda, Palaemonidae)

Fourteen morphometric characters of Macrobrachium nobilii (Henderson and Matthai, 1910), a freshwater prawn were measured from 72 males and 66 females collected at random in field. The growth constant (b) of total length and weight for male (4.28) and female (3.02) differed significantly (P<0.05)...

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Main Authors: Pitchaimuthu Mariappan, Chellam Balasundaram
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto de Tecnologia do Paraná (Tecpar) 2004-07-01
Series:Brazilian Archives of Biology and Technology
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-89132004000300015