Structure and dynamics of an invasive population of the red swamp crayfish (Procambarus clarkii) in a Mediterranean wetland

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 583, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 309-319

  Scalici, Massimiliano ^a   Gherardi, Francesca ^b  

^a ROMA TRE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Growth patterns; Italy; Population dynamics; Procambarus clarkii; Red swamp crayfish; Wetlands

Indexed keywords

GROWTH KINETICS; ITALY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SPRINGS (WATER); WETLANDS;

GROWTH PATTERNS; PROCAMBARUS CLARKII; RED SWAMP CRAYFISH;

FISH;

AGE CLASS; BODY SIZE; CRAYFISH; GROWTH RATE; INVASIBILITY; INVASIVE SPECIES; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SURVIVAL; VON BERTALANFFY EQUATION; WETLAND;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

ASTACOIDEA; PROCAMBARUS CLARKII;

EID: 34047122103     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-007-0615-8     Document Type: Article

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