The impact of introduced signal crayfish Pacifastacus leniusculus on stream invertebrate communities

Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 611-621

  Crawford, Lynne ^a   Yeomans, William E ^a   Adams, Colin E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Community change; Exotic species; Introductions; Invasions; Native community

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; COMMUNITY ECOLOGY; CRAYFISH; INTRODUCED SPECIES; POPULATION DENSITY; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

CLYDE RIVER; EURASIA; EUROPE; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

ASTACOIDEA; CHIRONOMIDAE; DIPTERA; HIRUDINEA; HYDRACARINA; INVERTEBRATA; PACIFASTACUS LENIUSCULUS; PLECOPTERA; TRICLADIDA;

EID: 33749328836     PISSN: 10527613     EISSN: 10990755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aqc.761     Document Type: Article

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