Jellyfish on the rocks: Bioinvasion threat of the international trade in aquarium live rock

Biological Invasions

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 651-653

  Bolton, Toby F ^a   Graham, William M ^b  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b DAUPHIN ISLAND SEA LAB   (United States)

Author keywords

Aquarium trade; Bioinvasion; Invasive species; Jellyfish; Live rock

Indexed keywords

AQUARIUM; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; CORAL REEF; ECONOMIC IMPACT; EXPORT; INVASIVE SPECIES; JELLYFISH;

INDIAN OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN;

ANTHOZOA; CASSIOPEA; SCYPHOZOA;

EID: 33745677874     PISSN: 13873547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10530-005-2017-z     Document Type: Article

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