Estimating the human impact on populations of the endangered noble crayfish (Astacus astacus L.) in north-western Poland

Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 223-233

  Schulz, Holger K ^a   Śmietana, Przemysław ^b   Schulz, Ralf ^a  

^a Rheinland Pfälzische Technische Universität Kaiserslautern Landau   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SZCZECIN   (Poland)

Author keywords

Anguilla anguilla; Astacus astacus; Fishery; Human impact; Mark recapture; Orconectes limosus; Water quality

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CRAYFISH; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ESTIMATION METHOD; FISHERY; LAKE; POPULATION DENSITY; WATER QUALITY;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; POLAND; POMORSKIE;

ANGUILLA ANGUILLA; ASTACOIDEA; ASTACUS ASTACUS; ORCONECTES LIMOSUS; PONTASTACUS LEPTODACTYLUS;

EID: 33744822170     PISSN: 10527613     EISSN: 10990755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aqc.726     Document Type: Article

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