Absence of the crayfish plague pathogen (Aphanomyces astaci) facilitates coexistence of European and American crayfish in central Europe

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 58, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1116-1125

  Schrimpf, Anne ^a   Maiwald, Torsten ^a   Vrålstad, Trude ^b,c   Schulz, Holger K ^a   Śmietana, Przemyslaw ^d   Schulz, Ralf ^a  

^a University of Koblenz Landau   (Germany)

^b NORWEGIAN VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SZCZECIN   (Poland)

Author keywords

Coexistence; Crayfish plague; Invasive species; Real time PCR; Transmission experiment

Indexed keywords

APHANOMYCES; APHANOMYCES ASTACI; ASTACOIDEA; ASTACUS ASTACUS; ORCONECTES LIMOSUS; PONTASTACUS LEPTODACTYLUS;

EID: 84876486732     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: 13652427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/fwb.12112     Document Type: Article

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