Responses of common SE Australian herbivores to three suspected invasive Caulerpa spp.

Marine Biology

Volumn 146, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 859-868

  Davis, A R ^a   Benkendorff, K ^a,b   Ward, D W ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^b FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c NSW Fisheries   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INVASIVE SPECIES;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; NEW SOUTH WALES; WORLD;

ALGAE; APLYSIA; CAULERPA; CAULERPA FILIFORMIS; CAULERPA SCALPELLIFORMIS; CENTROSTEPHANUS; CENTROSTEPHANUS RODGERSII; ECHINODERMATA; MOLLUSCA; PISCES; SARGASSUM; SARGASSUM SP.; TURBINIDAE; TURBO TORQUATUS; ULVA;

EID: 17444380099     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00227-004-1499-z     Document Type: Article

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