Reproductive aspects of Macrobrachium amazonicum (Decapoda: Palaemonidae) in the State of Amapá, Amazon River mouth

Macrobrachium amazonicum is an indigenous prawn vastly distributed in basins of South America, widely exploited by artisanal fisheries in northern and northeastern Brazil and, with great potential for aquaculture. This study aimed to investigate general aspects of population structure and reproducti...

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Main Authors: Jô de Farias Lima, Luis Mauricio Abdon da Silva, Thibério Carvalho da Silva, Jamile da Silva Garcia, Ilana da Silva Pereira, Karlia Dalla Santa Amaral
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia 2014-06-01
Series:Acta Amazonica
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0044-59672014000200010&tlng=en