Interaction and impacts of two introduced species on a soft-sediment marine assemblage in SE Tasmania

Marine Biology

Volumn 144, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 747-756

  Ross, D J ^a,b,d   Johnson, C R ^a   Hewitt, C L ^b,e   Ruiz, G M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c SMITHSONIAN ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^e Ministry for Primary Industries   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIETARY OVERLAP; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; INTRODUCED SPECIES; SOFT-BOTTOM ENVIRONMENT; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; TASMANIA;

ASTERIAS; ASTERIAS AMURENSIS; BIVALVIA; CARCINUS MAENAS; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); FULVIA; GASTROPODA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 2342422436     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00227-003-1223-4     Document Type: Article

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