Crayfish in Scotland

• Main Author: Gladman, Zara F.
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: 2012
• Subjects: GE Environmental Sciences; Q Science (General); QL Zoology; Sutherland; Atlantic salmon; Salmo salar
• Online Access: http://theses.gla.ac.uk/3977/; http://theses.gla.ac.uk/3977/1/2012gladman1phd.pdf; https://eleanor.lib.gla.ac.uk/record=b2969177

Unlike the rest of Britain, Scotland has no native crayfish species. There are, however, two introduced species: the white-clawed crayfish (Austropotamobius pallipes) has inhabited Loch Croispol in Sutherland and Whitemoss Reservoir in Renfrewshire for several decades. A. pallipes is endangered in i...