Where are they now? A baseline distributional description of introduced redclaw crayfish Cherax quadricarinatus (von Martens) in the east Kimberley region

Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia

Volumn 90, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 215-218

  Doupé, Rob G ^a,b  

^a MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cherax quadricarinatus; Introduced species; Kimberley; Redclaw crayfish; Translocation

Indexed keywords

BASELINE SURVEY; CATCHMENT; CRAYFISH; INTRODUCED SPECIES; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; RIVER SYSTEM; TRANSLOCATION; TRAPPING;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; LAKE KUNUNURRA; ORD RIVER; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

ASTACOIDEA; CHERAX QUADRICARINATUS;

EID: 44849143340     PISSN: 0035922X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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