Ecological plasticity and commercial impact of invasive marbled crayfish populations in Madagascar

Ecological plasticity and commercial impact of invasive marbled crayfish populations in Madagascar

Abstract Background The marbled crayfish (Procambarus virginalis) is a monoclonal, parthenogenetically reproducing freshwater crayfish species that has formed multiple stable populations worldwide. Madagascar hosts a particularly large and rapidly expanding colony of marbled crayfish in a unique env...

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Main Authors: Ranja Andriantsoa, Sina Tönges, Jörn Panteleit, Kathrin Theissinger, Vitor Coutinho Carneiro, Jeanne Rasamy, Frank Lyko
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-02-01
Series:BMC Ecology
Subjects:
Marbled crayfish
Madagascar
Ecology
Habitat diversity
Crayfish plague
Farming
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12898-019-0224-1

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