The Baltic - A sea of invaders

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 59, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 1175-1188

  Leppäkoski, Erkki ^a   Gollasch, Stephan ^a   Gruszka, Piotr ^a   Ojaveer, Henn ^a   Olenin, Sergej ^a   Panov, Vadim ^a  

^a ÅBO AKADEMI UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; COASTAL LAGOON; ECOSYSTEM DYNAMICS; NEARSHORE ENVIRONMENT;

BALTIC SEA; NORTH AMERICA;

BALANUS; BALANUS IMPROVISUS; BIVALVIA; CERCOPAGIS PENGOI; CORDYLOPHORA; CORDYLOPHORA CASPIA; DREISSENA; DREISSENA POLYMORPHA; HYDROZOA; THORACICA;

EID: 0036381799     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/f02-089     Document Type: Review

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