New crustacean invaders in the schelde estuary (Belgium)

Belgian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 140, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 3-10

  Soors, Jan ^a   Faasse, Marco ^b,c   Stevens, Maarten ^a   Verbessem, Ingrid ^a   de Regge, Nico ^a   van den Bergh, Ericia ^a  

^a RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR NATURE AND FOREST INBO   (Belgium)

^b NATURALIS BIODIVERSITY CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c Acteon Marine Biology Consultancy   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Invasive species; Palaemon macrodactylus; Schelde estuary; Synidotea laevidorsalis

Indexed keywords

BALLAST WATER; CRUSTACEAN; ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEM; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; INVASIVE SPECIES; NEW RECORD; NEW SPECIES; RANGE EXPANSION; TAXONOMY;

BELGIUM; ZEESCHELDE;

CRUSTACEA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); HEMIGRAPSUS; PALAEMON MACRODACTYLUS; SYNIDOTEA LAEVIDORSALIS;

EID: 79851470790     PISSN: 07776276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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