First record of a wild population of the tropical snail Melanoides tuberculata in New Zealand natural waters

New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 825-829

  Duggan, I C ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biosecurity; Exotic species; Melanoides tuberculata; Thiaridae; Tropical aquaria

Indexed keywords

NEW RECORD; SNAIL; STREAM; THERMAL WATER;

GOLDEN SPRINGS; NEW ZEALAND; NORTH ISLAND;

GASTROPODA; MELANOIDES TUBERCULATA; THIARIDAE;

EID: 0036922438     PISSN: 00288330     EISSN: 11758805     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00288330.2002.9517135     Document Type: Article

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