Discovery of the first known benthic invasive species in the Southern Ocean: The North Atlantic spider crab Hyas araneus found in the Antarctic Peninsula

Antarctic Science

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 129-131

  Tavares, Marcos ^a   De Melo, Gustavo A S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Alien species; Antarctica; Ballast water; Crustacea Decapoda; Polar warming

Indexed keywords

BENTHIC ENVIRONMENT; GLOBAL WARMING; INTRODUCED SPECIES; INVASIBILITY;

ANTARCTIC PENINSULA; ANTARCTICA; WEST ANTARCTICA;

ARANEAE; ARANEUS; CELLULAR ORGANISMS; CRUSTACEA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); HYAS ARANEUS; MAJIDAE;

EID: 2942711666     PISSN: 09541020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0954102004001877     Document Type: Article

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