Alien fish and crayfish species in Hellenic freshwaters and aquaculture

Reviews in Aquaculture

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 111-120

  Perdikaris, Costas ^a   Gouva, Evangelia ^a   Paschos, Ioannis ^a  

^a TECHNOLOGICAL EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTE OF EPIRUS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Alien crayfish species; Alien fish species; Exotics; Freshwater aquaculture; Greece; Hellenic freshwaters

Indexed keywords

ACIPENSERIDAE; ASTACOIDEA; CYPRINIDAE; SALMONIDAE;

EID: 79957518609     PISSN: 17535123     EISSN: 17535131     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1753-5131.2010.01029.x     Document Type: Review

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