Crayfish in Europe as Alien Species

Forsideomslag
Francesca Gherardi, David M. Holdich
CRC Press, 1. jun. 1999 - 310 sider
From the third international workshop on the subject (U. of Florence, 1997), come 18 papers reviewing the issue of alien crayfish decimating the relatively few native species in European freshwater environments. In a historical and taxonomic context, the initial paper explains why such homogenizatio
 

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A historical introduction
13
The negative effects of established crayfish introductions
31
The positive effects of established crayfish introductions in Europe
49
Ecological impact of introduced and native crayfish on freshwater
63
Diseases of European freshwater crayfish with particular emphasis
87
The situation in Italy
107
The situation in Belgium France and Luxembourg
129
Thomas P Stucki Erich Staub
142
The status of crayfish populations in Spain and Portugal
161
Crayfish introductions in the Nordic and Baltic countries
193
Native and alien crayfish in the British Isles
221
The American spinycheek crayfish Orconectes limosus Rafinesque
237
How to make the best of a bad situation?
271
List of contributors
293
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