The signal crayfish is not a single species: Cryptic diversity and invasions in the Pacific Northwest range of Pacifastacus leniusculus

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 57, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1823-1838

  Larson, Eric R ^a   Abbott, Cathryn L ^b   Usio, Nisikawa ^c   Azuma, Noriko ^d   Wood, Kimberly A ^a   Herborg, Leif Matthias ^e   Olden, Julian D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b PACIFIC BIOLOGICAL STATION   (Canada)

^c NIIGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

^e Ministry of Environment British Columbia   (Canada)

Author keywords

Crayfish; MtDNA; Pacifastacus leniusculus; Pacific Northwest; Phylogeography

Indexed keywords

ASTACOIDEA; PACIFASTACUS; PACIFASTACUS LENIUSCULUS;

EID: 84864144579     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: 13652427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2427.2012.02841.x     Document Type: Article

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