Assessing the risk of introducing exotic species via the live marine species trade

Conservation Biology

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 213-223

  Weigle, Shannon M ^a,b   Smith, L David ^c   Carlton, James T ^d   Pederson, Judith ^e  

^a MA Bays National Estuary Program   (United States)

^b NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SMITH COLLEGE   (United States)

^d Williams Mystic   (United States)

^e MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Estuarine species; Prevention of invasive species; Risk of invasions; Species introductions; Transfer mechanisms of invasive species

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; INTRODUCED SPECIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; TRADE;

EID: 14044267608     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2005.00412.x     Document Type: Article

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