Assessing the ecological impacts of an introduced seastar: The importance of multiple methods

Biological Invasions

Volumn 5, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 3-21

  Ross, D Jeff ^a,b,c   Johnson, Craig R ^a   Hewitt, Chad L ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^d Ministry for Primary Industries   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Asterias amurensis; Ecological variability; Impacts; Introduced species; Multiple methods; Predation; Seastar; Soft sediments; Tasmania

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; ECHINODERM; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEM; INTRODUCED SPECIES;

AUSTRALIA;

ASTERIAS; ASTERIAS AMURENSIS; ASTEROIDEA; BIVALVIA; ECHINODERMATA;

EID: 0038717928     PISSN: 13873547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1024019428616     Document Type: Conference Paper

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