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The Ponto-Caspian ‘killer shrimp’, Dikerogammarus villosus (Sowinsky, 1894), invades the British Isles
MacNeil, C.; Platvoet, D.; Dick, J.D.A.; Fielding, N.; Constable, A.J.; Hall, N.; Aldridge, D.; Diamond, M. (2010). The Ponto-Caspian ‘killer shrimp’, Dikerogammarus villosus (Sowinsky, 1894), invades the British Isles. Aquat. Invasions 5(4): 441-445. https://dx.doi.org/10.3391/ai.2010.5.4.15
In: Aquatic Invasions. Regional Euro-Asian Biological Invasions Centre (REABIC): Helsinki. ISSN 1798-6540; e-ISSN 1818-5487, more
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Keywords
    Alien species
    Crustaceans
    Amphipoda [WoRMS]; Dikerogammarus villosus (Sowinsky, 1894) [WoRMS]
    United Kingdom, British Isles [Marine Regions]
    Brackish water; Fresh water
Author keywords
    amphipod; crustacean; Dikerogammarus villosus; Grafham Water; UK; alien;first record

Authors  Top 
  • MacNeil, C.
  • Platvoet, D., more
  • Dick, J.D.A.
  • Fielding, N.
  • Constable, A.J.
  • Hall, N.
  • Aldridge, D.
  • Diamond, M.

Abstract
    The Ponto-Caspian amphipod was found both in the margins and open water areas of Grafham Water, a large reservoir in Cambridgeshire, U.K., in September 2010. Both adults and juveniles were present in large numbers and were most frequent in the boulder/cobble areas dominating the margins of the reservoir. Precopula pairs were also evident, as were egg bearing females.

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