Native predators contribute to invasion resistance to the non-indigenous bivalve Musculista senhousia in southern California, USA

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 170, Issue , 1998, Pages 159-168

  Reusch, Thorsten B H ^a,b  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Biological invasion; Community ecology; Ecological resistance; Musculista senhousia; Non indigenous species; Predation; Pteropurpura festiva; Zostera marina

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; COASTAL WATERS; MOLLUSC; MORTALITY; PREDATION;

CALIFORNIA; SAN DIEGO BAY; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; BIVALVIA; CHIONE UNDATELLA; CRUSTACEA; GASTROPODA; MOLLUSCA; MURICIDAE; MUSCULISTA SENHOUSIA; PTEROPURPURA FESTIVA; UNDATELLA; ZOSTERA MARINA;

EID: 0032480353     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps170159     Document Type: Article

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