A survey of the white-clawed crayfish, Austropotamobius pallipes (Lereboullet), and of water quality in two catchments of eastern Ireland

BFPP - Bulletin Francais de la Peche et de la Protection des Milieux Aquatiques

Volumn , Issue 367, 2002, Pages 729-740

  Demers, A ^a   Reynolds, J D ^a  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Austropotamobius pallipes; Biological indices; Crayfish plague; Water quality; White clawed crayfish

Indexed keywords

APHANOMYCES; APHANOMYCES ASTACI; ASTACOIDEA; AUSTROPOTAMOBIUS; AUSTROPOTAMOBIUS PALLIPES;

EID: 33646222156     PISSN: 07672861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/kmae:2002062     Document Type: Conference Paper

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