Non-indigenous signal crayfish Pacifastacus leniusculus are now common in Danish streams: Preliminary status for national distribution and protective actions

Biological Invasions

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1269-1274

  Skov, Christian ^a   Aarestrup, Kim ^a   Sivebæk, Finn ^a   Pedersen, Stig ^a   Vrålstad, Trude ^b   Berg, Søren ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b NORWEGIAN VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Norway)

Author keywords

Aphanomyces astaci; Introductions; Noble crayfish; Threat

Indexed keywords

COEXISTENCE; CRAYFISH; ENDANGERED SPECIES; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; INFECTIVITY; INVASIVE SPECIES; SIGNAL; STREAM;

DENMARK; EUROPE;

APHANOMYCES; APHANOMYCES ASTACI; ASTACOIDEA; ASTACUS ASTACUS; PACIFASTACUS LENIUSCULUS; PONTASTACUS LEPTODACTYLUS;

EID: 79955990982     PISSN: 13873547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10530-010-9901-x     Document Type: Article

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