Changes in population characteristics and structure of the signal crayfish at the edge of its invasive range in a European river

Annales de Limnologie

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 3-11

  Hudina, Sandra ^a   Hock, Karlo ^b   Žganec, Krešimir ^a   Lucić, Andreja ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Crayfish; Invasive species; Population characteristics; Range expansion; Time since establishment

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ALLOMETRY; CRAYFISH; DISPERSAL; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; INVASIVE SPECIES; MORPHOMETRY; POPULATION STRUCTURE; RANGE EXPANSION; RIVER WATER;

MURA RIVER;

ASTACOIDEA; PACIFASTACUS LENIUSCULUS;

EID: 84860740113     PISSN: 00034088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/limn/2011051     Document Type: Article

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