Patterns and mechanisms of aquatic invertebrate introductions in the Ponto-Caspian region

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 59, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 1189-1208

  Grigorovich, Igor A ^a   MacIsaac, Hugh J ^a   Shadrin, Nikolai V ^a   Mills, Edward L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ORGANISM; DISPERSAL; INTRODUCED SPECIES; INVERTEBRATE; SHIPPING;

BLACK SEA; CASPIAN SEA; SEA OF AZOV;

CRUSTACEA; INVERTEBRATA; MOLLUSCA; PLATYHELMINTHES;

EID: 0036380747     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/f02-088     Document Type: Review

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