The first record of the parthenogenetic Marmorkrebs (Decapoda, Astacida, Cambaridae) in the wild in Saxony (Germany) raises the question of its actual threat to European freshwater ecosystems

Aquatic Invasions

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 397-403

  Martin, Peer ^a   Shen, Hong ^a   Füllner, Gert ^b   Scholtz, Gerhard ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b Saxon State Agency for Environment Agriculture and Geology Fisheries Department ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

Conservation of species diversity; Developmental noise; Genetic identification; Global warming; Intraspecific variability; Potential invader; Thermal adaption

Indexed keywords

EID: 77958111434     PISSN: 17986540     EISSN: 18185487     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3391/ai.2010.5.4.09     Document Type: Article

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