A reassessment of the conservation status of crayfishes of the United States and Canada after 10+ years of increased awareness

Fisheries

Volumn 32, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 372-389

  Taylor, Christopher A ^a   Schuster, Guenter A ^b   Cooper, John E ^c   DiStefano, Robert J ^d   Eversole, Arnold G ^e   Hamr, Premek ^f   Hobbs III, Horton H ^g   Robison, Henry W ^h   Skelton, Christopher E ⁱ   Thoma, Roger F ^j,k  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

^b EASTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NORTH CAROLINA MUSEUM OF NATURAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^d Missouri Department of Conservation

^e CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f Upper Canada College   (Canada)

^g WITTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h SOUTHERN ARKANSAS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁱ GEORGIA COLLEGE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^j Midwest Biodiversity Institute   (United States)

^k OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASTACIDAE; ASTACOIDEA; CAMBARIDAE;

EID: 34848888344     PISSN: 03632415     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1577/1548-8446(2007)32[372:AROTCS]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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