Revisiting recent history: records of occurrence and expansion of the European green crab across Prince Edward Island, Atlantic Canada

Revisiting recent history: records of occurrence and expansion of the European green crab across Prince Edward Island, Atlantic Canada

Abstract Background Late in the 1990s, the non-indigenous European green crab (Carcinus maenas) colonized the shorelines of eastern Prince Edward Island, in Atlantic Canada. Due to concerns of further spread into productive shellfish habitats, an annual survey was conducted between 2000 and 2013 to...

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Main Authors: Luke A. Poirier, Aaron P. Ramsay, Sophie St-Hilaire, Pedro A. Quijón
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-11-01
Series:Marine Biodiversity Records
Subjects:
European green crab
Occurrence records
Population expansion
Shellfish habitats
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s41200-017-0132-z

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