Juvenile Chinese mitten crabs (Eriocheir sinensis) in the Thames estuary: Distribution, movement and possible interactions with the native crab Carcinus maenas

Biological Invasions

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 67-77

  Gilbey, Victoria ^a   Attrill, Martin J ^a   Coleman, Ross A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Alien species; Endogenous rhythms; Invasive species; Resource competition; Selective tidal transport

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; CRAB; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; INVASIVE SPECIES; JUVENILE; NATIVE SPECIES; POPULATION STRUCTURE;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; THAMES ESTUARY; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

CARCINUS; CARCINUS MAENAS; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); ERIOCHEIR SINENSIS;

EID: 38349191017     PISSN: 13873547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10530-007-9110-4     Document Type: Article

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