Introduction of the northern Pacific asteroid Asterias amurensis to Tasmania: Reproduction and current distribution

Marine Biology

Volumn 127, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 673-685

  Byrne, M ^a   Morrice, M G ^b,c   Wolf, B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASTERIAS AMURENSIS;

GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; INTRODUCED SPECIES; REPRODUCTION;

AUSTRALIA, TASMANIA;

EID: 0030609520     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002270050058     Document Type: Article

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