The distribution and ecological effects of the introduced pacific oyster Crassostrea gigas (Thunberg, 1793) in Northern Patagonia

Journal of Shellfish Research

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 765-772

  Escapa, Mauricio ^a,b,c   Isacch, Juan Pablo ^a,b   Daleo, Pedro ^a,b   Alberti, Juan ^a,b   Iribarne, Oscar ^a,b   Borges, Monica ^c,d   Dos Santos, Eder P ^c   Gagliardini, Domingo A ^b   Lasta, Mario ^e  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE MAR DEL PLATA   (Argentina)

^b Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

^c INSTITUTO ARGENTINO DE OCEANOGRAFÍA   (Argentina)

^d Inst Natl Invest Y Desarrollo P ^*  (Argentina)

^e Inst Natl Invest Y Desarrollo P   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Biologic invasions; Crassostrea gigas; Ecosystem engineers; Migratory shorebirds

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; BIVALVE; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ECOSYSTEM ENGINEERING; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ANEGADA BAY; ARGENTINA; BUENOS AIRES [ARGENTINA]; SOUTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

AVES; BIVALVIA; CALIDRIS; CALIDRIS CANUTUS; CHARADRIUS; CHARADRIUS FALKLANDICUS; CHASMAGNATHUS GRANULATA; CRASSOSTREA; CRASSOSTREA GIGAS; CYRTOGRAPSUS; CYRTOGRAPSUS ANGULATUS; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); GASTROPODA; HAEMATOPUS; HAEMATOPUS PALLIATUS; HELEOBIA; HELEOBIA AUSTRALIS; HYDROBIIDAE; ISOPODA; LAEONEREIS; LAEONEREIS ACUTA; LARUS; LARUS DOMINICANUS; MELITA; MELITA PALMATA; OSTREIDAE; PLUVIALIS; PLUVIALIS DOMINICA; POLYCHAETA; PRIAPULIDA; PRIAPULUS; TRINGA; TRINGA FLAVIPES; VARUNIDAE;

EID: 13544273332     PISSN: 07308000     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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