Reports of american lobsters, homarus americanus (H. milne edwards, 1837), in British waters

BioInvasions Records

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 17-23

  Stebbing, Paul ^a   Johnson, Paul ^b   Delahunty, Anthony ^c   Clark, Paul F ^d   McCollin, Tracy ^e   Hale, Cameron ^e   Clark, Sarah ^f  

^a CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENT   (United Kingdom)

^b Marine Management Organisation   (United Kingdom)

^c Shoreham Airport   (United Kingdom)

^d DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^e MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^f Devon and Severn Inshore Fisheries and Conservation Authority   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Disease transfer; European lobster; Homarus gammarus; Invasive; Non native; Threat

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886751628     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22421300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3391/bir.2012.1.1.04     Document Type: Article

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