Risk assessments of non-indigenous crayfish in Great Britain

Freshwater Crayfish

Volumn 17, Issue , 2010, Pages 109-122

  Peay, Stephanie ^a,b   Holdich, David M ^c   Brickland, Jonathan ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b Scott Wilson Group plc   (United Kingdom)

^c Crayfish Survey and Research   (United Kingdom)

^d Lumford Mill   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Impacts; Invasion; Legislation; Non indigenous crayfish; Risk assessment

Indexed keywords

ASTACOIDEA; ASTACUS ASTACUS; AUSTROPOTAMOBIUS PALLIPES; LEPTODACTYLUS; ORCONECTES LIMOSUS; ORCONECTES VIRILIS; PACIFASTACUS LENIUSCULUS; PONTASTACUS LEPTODACTYLUS; PROCAMBARUS CLARKII;

EID: 84863441320     PISSN: 20764324     EISSN: 20764332     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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