The first record of the marbled crayfish adds further threats to fresh waters in Italy

Aquatic Invasions

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 401-404

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^b ROMA TRE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Barcoding; Conservation; Marbled crayfish; Nonindigenous species; Parthenogenesis

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956899005     PISSN: 17986540     EISSN: 18185487     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3391/ai.2009.4.2.19     Document Type: Article

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