The crayfish plague pathogen can infect freshwater-inhabiting crabs

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 59, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 918-929

  Svoboda, Jiří ^a   Strand, David A ^b,c   Vrålstad, Trude ^b,c   Grandjean, Frédéric ^d   Edsman, Lennart ^e   Kozák, Pavel ^f   Kouba, Antonín ^f   Fristad, Rosa F ^b   Bahadir Koca, Seval ^g   Petrusek, Adam ^a  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b NORWEGIAN VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE POITIERS   (France)

^e SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

^g SULEYMAN DEMIREL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Aphanomyces astaci; Eriocheir sinensis; Host range; Invasive species; Potamon potamios

Indexed keywords

AMPHIPODA; ANIMALIA; APHANOMYCES; APHANOMYCES ASTACI; ASTACOIDEA; CRUSTACEA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); ERIOCHEIR SINENSIS; FUNGI; ISOPODA; MYSIDA; OOMYCETES; POTAMON POTAMIOS;

EID: 84898056558     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: 13652427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/fwb.12315     Document Type: Article

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