The roles of competition and disturbance in a marine invasion

Biological Invasions

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 755-763

  Bando, K Jun ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Biological invasions; Competitive interaction; Ecosystem engineer; Eelgrass; Exotic; Seagrass; Zostera japonica; Zostera marina

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; INVASIVE SPECIES; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NATIVE SPECIES; SEAGRASS;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTHEAST);

ZOSTERA; ZOSTERA JAPONICA; ZOSTERA MARINA;

EID: 33745668950     PISSN: 13873547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10530-005-3543-4     Document Type: Article

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