Localized invasion of the North American Harris mud crab, Rhithropanopeus harrisii, in the Panama Canal: Implications for eradication and spread

Biological Invasions

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 983-993

  Roche, Dominique G ^a,b   Torchin, Mark E ^b   Leung, Brian ^a   Binning, Sandra A ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

Author keywords

Biological invasions; Global invader; Introduced species; Salinity tolerance; Shipping

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; CRAB; INTRODUCED SPECIES; INVASIVE SPECIES; SALINITY TOLERANCE; SHIPPING; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SURVIVAL;

CENTRAL AMERICA; PANAMA [CENTRAL AMERICA]; PANAMA CANAL;

DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); RHITHROPANOPEUS HARRISII;

EID: 61449154591     PISSN: 13873547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10530-008-9310-6     Document Type: Article

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