Crayfish plague agent detected in populations of the invasive North American crayfish Orconectes immunis (Hagen, 1870) in the Rhine River, Germany

Aquatic Invasions

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 103-109

  Schrimpf, Anne ^a   Chucholl, Christoph ^b   Schmidt, Thomas ^a   Schulz, Ralf ^a  

^a University of Koblenz Landau   (Germany)

^b Fischereiforschungsstelle   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aphanomyces astaci; Calico crayfish; Crayfish plague; Crustacean disease; Invasive American crayfish species; Pathogen vector; Real time PCR; Rhine River

Indexed keywords

APHANOMYCES; APHANOMYCES ASTACI; ASTACOIDEA; CRUSTACEA; OOMYCETES; ORCONECTES IMMUNIS; ORCONECTES LIMOSUS;

EID: 84875577209     PISSN: 17986540     EISSN: 18185487     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3391/ai.2013.8.1.12     Document Type: Article

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