Crayfish plague pathogen detected in the Danube Delta - A potential threat to freshwater biodiversity in southeastern Europe

Aquatic Invasions

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 503-510

  Schrimpf, Anne ^a   Pârvulescu, Lucian ^b   Copilaş Ciocianu, Denis ^b   Petrusek, Adam ^c   Schulz, Ralf ^a  

^a France   (Germany)

^b WEST UNIVERSITY OF TIMISOARA   (Romania)

^c CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Aphanomyces astaci; Astacus leptodactylus; Black sea; Crayfish plague; Danube Delta; Freshwater biodiversity; Invasive species

Indexed keywords

EID: 84868593460     PISSN: 17986540     EISSN: 18185487     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3391/ai.2012.7.4.007     Document Type: Article

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