General patterns in invasion ecology tested in the Dutch Wadden Sea: The case of a brackish-marine polychaetous worm

Biological Invasions

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 359-368

  Essink, Karel ^a   Dekker, Rob ^b  

^a National Institute for Coastal and Marine Management RIKZ   (Netherlands)

^b ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Alien species; Biological invasion; Ems estuary; Interspecific competition; Intertidal; Marenzelleria

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEM; POLYCHAETE; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

NETHERLANDS; WADDEN SEA;

MARENZELLERIA; MARENZELLERIA WIRENI; POLYCHAETA; SPIONIDA; SPIONIDAE;

EID: 0013393405     PISSN: 13873547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1023692825663     Document Type: Article

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