The North American signal crayfish, Pacifastacus leniusculus (Dana), established in the wild in Scotland

Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 107-110

  Maitland, Peter S ^a  

^a Fish Conservation Centre   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PACIFASTACUS LENIUSCULUS; AUSTROPOTAMOBIUS PALLIPES; DECAPODA;

INTRODUCED CRUSTACEAN; SIGNAL CRAYFISH;

UK, SCOTLAND;

EID: 0030442963     PISSN: 10527613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-0755(199606)6:2<107::AID-AQC180>3.0.CO;2-N     Document Type: Article

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