Boat harbour design can exacerbate hull fouling

Austral Ecology

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 116-127

  Floerl, Oliver ^a,b   Inglis, Graeme J ^a,b  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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

Author keywords

Hull fouling; Hydrodynamics; Larval supply; Non indigenous species; Recreational boat marinas; Recreational vessels; Recruitment

Indexed keywords

BIOFOULING; DESIGN; HARBOR; HULL; PEST CONTROL; RECRUITMENT; VESSEL;

INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 0042706409     PISSN: 14429985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1442-9993.2003.01254.x     Document Type: Article

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