Vol 41, No 4 (2013)


Review Articles

Parastacus pugnax (Poeppig, 1835) (Crustacea, Decapoda, Parastacidae): biological knowledge, extraction pressure and culture perspectives
Erich H. Rudolph
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611-632
Amphidromy in shrimps: a life cycle between rivers and the sea
Raymond T. Bauer
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633-650
The Macrobrachium prawns with economic and fisheries importance in Latin America: present knowledge, ecological role, and conservation
Marcelo U. García-Guerrero, Felipe Becerril-Morales, Fernando Vega-Villasante, Luis Daniel Espinosa-Chaurand
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651-675

Research Articles

Reproductive aspects of the caridean shrimp Atya scabra (Leach, 1815) (Decapoda: Atyidae) in São Sebastião Island, southwestern Atlantic, Brazil
Juliana Herrera-Correal, Emerson C. Mossolin, Ingo S. Wehrtmann, Fernando L. Mantelatto
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676-684
Species diversity and distribution of freshwater crabs (Decapoda: Pseudothelphusidae) inhabiting the basin of the Rio Grande de Térraba, Pacific slope of Costa Rica
Luis Rólier Lara, Ingo S. Wehrtmann, Célio Magalhães, Fernando L. Mantelatto
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685-695
Diet of the freshwater crab Bottiella niceforei (Schmitt & Pretzmann, 1968) (Decapoda: Trichodactylidae) and its relationship with organic matter processing in an intermittent stream of northwestern Venezuela
Raúl Pirela, José Rincón
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696-706
Molecular data raise the possibility of cryptic species in the Brazilian endemic prawn Macrobrachium potiuna (Decapoda, Palaemonidae)
Fabrício L. de Carvalho, Leonardo G. Pileggi, Fernando L. Mantelatto
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707-717
Reproductive variability of the Amazon River prawn, Macrobrachium amazonicum (Caridea, Palaemonidae): influence of life cycle on egg production
Andrea L. Meireles, Wagner C. Valenti, Fernando L. Mantelatto
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718-731
Influence of spatial distribution and shelter area upon survival and growth of Cherax quadricarinatus (Parastacidae) juveniles, and its application to intensive culture
Natalia S. Calvo, Ana L. Tomas, Laura S. López-Greco
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732-738
Classification trees of Potimirim mexicana (Decapoda: Caridea), a sequential protandrous hermaphrodite organism
José Luis Bortolini, Pilar Alonso, Fernando Alvarez
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739-745
Population size of Aegla paulensis (Decapoda: Anomura: Aeglidae)
Felipe P.A. Cohen, Bruno F. Takano, Roberto M. Shimizu, Sérgio L.S. Bueno
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746-752
Influence of feeding on the circadian rhythm of digestive enzymes in cultivated juveniles of the freshwater crayfish Cherax quadricarinatus (Parastacidae)
Hernán J. Sacristán, Luis M. Franco-Tadic, Laura S. López-Greco
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753-761
Genetic variation in Procambarus llamasi (Crustacea: Decapoda: Cambaridae) from the Yucatan Peninsula: evidence of connectivity in a fragmented landscape
Eduardo Torres, Fernando Alvarez, Alejandro Botello
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762-772
Phylogenetic relationships among the freshwater genera of palaemonid shrimps (Crustacea: Decapoda) from Mexico: evidence of multiple invasions?
Alejandro Botello, Fernando Alvarez
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773-780
Feeding ecology of the freshwater crab Trichodactylus borellianus (Decapoda: Trichodactylidae) in the floodplain of the Paraná River, southern South America
Verónica Williner, Pablo A. Collins
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781-792
Experimental culture of the river prawn Macrobrachium americanum larvae (Bate, 1868), with emphasis on feeding and stocking density effect on survival
Stig Yamasaki-Granados, Marcelo García-Guerrero, Fernando Vega-Villasante, Francisco Castellanos-León, Ronaldo O. Cavalli, Edilmar Cortés-Jacinto
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793-800