Laboratory Induced Hybridization of Two Crayfish Species, Orconectes Rusticus and O. Propinquus
- 1 April 1985
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Journal of Crustacean Biology
- Vol. 5 (2) , 347-349
- https://doi.org/10.2307/1547884
Abstract
Laboratory induced interspecific copulations between the crayfish O. rusticus and O. propinquus resulted in fewer broods and fewer Stage III juveniles per brood than did intraspecific copulations. Naturally occurring interspecific copulations should therefore affect the reproductive success of both species where they coexist, and may have contributed to the recent range expansion of O. rusticus.This publication has 6 references indexed in Scilit:
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