A previously undescribed set of Saprolegnia spp. in the invasive spiny-cheek crayfish (Orconectes limosus, Rafinesque)

Fundamental and Applied Limnology

Volumn 172, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 161-165

  Hirsch, Philipp Emanuel ^a,c   Nechwatal, Jan ^a   Fischer, Philipp ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

^b ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Invasive crayfish; Lake Constance; Oomycetes; Population dynamics

Indexed keywords

CRAYFISH; FUNGAL DISEASE; FUNGUS; INVASIVE SPECIES; POPULATION DECLINE;

BODENSEE; CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE;

ASTACOIDEA; AUFWUCHS; FUNGI; OOMYCETES; ORCONECTES LIMOSUS; SAPROLEGNIA;

EID: 56149100611     PISSN: 18639135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/1863-9135/2008/0172-0161     Document Type: Article

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