Marine introductions in the Shark Bay World Heritage Property, Western Australia: A preliminary assessment

Diversity and Distributions

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 33-44

  Wyatt, Alex S J ^a   Hewitt, Chad L ^b,c   Walker, Di I ^a   Ward, Trevor J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c Ministry for Primary Industries   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Biological invasions; Fouling community; Hull fouling; Non indigenous species (NIS); Tropical temperate affinity

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; FOULING ORGANISM; INTRODUCED SPECIES;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; SHARK BAY; WESTERN AUSTRALIA; WORLD;

AETEA; AETEA ANGUINA; ANGUINA; ASCIDIACEA; BRYOZOA; BUGULA; BUGULA NERITINA; BUGULA STOLONIFERA; CHONDRICHTHYES; CONOPEUM; CONOPEUM SEURATI; HYDROIDA; HYDROZOA; NERITINA; OBELIA; OBELIA DICHOTOMA; SAVIGNYELLA; SCHIZOPORELLA; SCHIZOPORELLA ERRATA; STYELA; STYELA PLICATA; WATERSIPORA SUBTORQUATA; ZOOBOTRYON;

EID: 13444265171     PISSN: 13669516     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1366-9516.2005.00109.x     Document Type: Article

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