On the presence of the Australian redclaw crayfish, Cherax quadricarinatus, in Mexico
The first reports of wild caught Australian redclaw crayfish from Mexico, in the states of Morelos and Tamaulipas, are presented. Redclaw crayfish were first brought to Mexico in 1995 to initiate experimental cultures at several research centers. In the following years a number of private ventures s...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2007 |
| País: | México |
| Institución: | Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México |
| Repositorio: | Sistema de Información de la Facultad de Ciencias, UNAM |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:repositorio.fciencias.unam.mx:11154/141370 |
| Acceso en línea: | http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/2303 http://hdl.handle.net/11154/141370 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Biodiversity Conservation Ecology Cherax quadricarinatus redclaw crayfish freshwater Mexico invasion |
| Sumario: | The first reports of wild caught Australian redclaw crayfish from Mexico, in the states of Morelos and Tamaulipas, are presented. Redclaw crayfish were first brought to Mexico in 1995 to initiate experimental cultures at several research centers. In the following years a number of private ventures started commercial cultures, several of which in the states of Morelos and Tamaulipas are thought to have been the sources for the wild populations recorded in this study. The farms that acted as the original sources have not been operating for at least 2 years. In Morelos, high densities and all size classes of redclaws, including ovigerous females, were captured in natural waterways |
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