Mass occurrence of an introduced crustacean (Caprella cf. mutica) in the south-eastern North Sea

Helgoland Marine Research

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 252-253

  Buschbaum, Christian ^a   Gutow, Lars ^a  

^a ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Artificial hard substrates; Caprella mutica; Invasive species; Mass occurrence; New record

Indexed keywords

COASTAL WATER; INTRODUCED SPECIES; NEW RECORD; SPECIES OCCURRENCE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; NORTH SEA; OCEANIC REGIONS; WORLD;

AMPHIPODA; CAPRELLA; CAPRELLIDA; CRUSTACEA;

EID: 24944582227     PISSN: 1438387X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10152-005-0225-7     Document Type: Article

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