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Penaeus aztecus Ives, 1891 (Crustacea, Decapoda), in the Scheldt estuary (Belgium): Isolated record or forerunner of a penaeid invasion?

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A single specimen of the penaeid prawn Penaeus aztecus (Ives, 1891) was recorded in 2018 in the brackish zone of the Scheldt estuary near Antwerp (Belgium). The presence of this species, native to the West Atlantic, might result either from ships' ballast water coming from transatlantic boat shipping, from illegal import or from a considerable expansion leap northwards from the Mediterranean Sea, where this species has recently established and now has rapidly expanding invasive populations.

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Volume 530-531
Type A1: Web of Science-article
Category Research
Magazine Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology
Issns 0022-0981|1879-1697
Publisher Elsevier Science
Language English
Bibtex

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title = "Penaeus aztecus Ives, 1891 (Crustacea, Decapoda), in the Scheldt estuary (Belgium): Isolated record or forerunner of a penaeid invasion?",
abstract = "A single specimen of the penaeid prawn Penaeus aztecus (Ives, 1891) was recorded in 2018 in the brackish zone of the Scheldt estuary near Antwerp (Belgium). The presence of this species, native to the West Atlantic, might result either from ships' ballast water coming from transatlantic boat shipping, from illegal import or from a considerable expansion leap northwards from the Mediterranean Sea, where this species has recently established and now has rapidly expanding invasive populations.",
author = "Jan Soors and Jan Breine and Cédric d'Udekem d'Acoz and Erika Van den Bergh and Frank Van de Meutter and Thomas Terrie",
year = "2020",
month = jul,
day = "07",
doi = "https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jembe.2020.151437",
language = "English",
publisher = "Elsevier Science",
address = "Belgium,
type = "Other"
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