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
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12898-019-0224-1