The new threat to Italian inland waters from the alien crayfish "gang": The Australian Cherax destructor Clark, 1936

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 632, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 341-345

  Scalici, Massimiliano ^a   Chiesa, Stefania ^a   Gherardi, Francesca ^b   Ruffini, Marina ^a   Gibertini, Giancarlo ^a   Marzano, Francesco Nonnis ^c  

^a ROMA TRE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Alien crayfish species; Barcoding; Biological invasions; COI mtDNA; Italy; Parastacidae

Indexed keywords

ALIEN CRAYFISH SPECIES; BARCODING; BIOLOGICAL INVASIONS; COI MTDNA; ITALY; PARASTACIDAE;

OCEAN HABITATS; PROFITABILITY;

HEALTH RISKS;

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; CRUSTACEAN; ECONOMIC IMPACT; GENETIC ANALYSIS; INVASIVE SPECIES; LOW TEMPERATURE; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; MORPHOLOGY; NATIVE SPECIES; NEW SPECIES; POLICY MAKING; SUBSPECIES;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

ASTACOIDEA; CHERAX DESTRUCTOR; CHERAX DESTRUCTOR DESTRUCTOR; PARASTACIDAE;

EID: 70349987658     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-009-9839-0     Document Type: Article

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