Limited grazing pressure by native herbivores on the invasive seaweed Caulerpa taxifolia in a temperate Australian estuary

Marine and Freshwater Research

Volumn 57, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 685-694

  Gollan, John R ^a,b   Wright, Jeffrey T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM   (Australia)

Author keywords

Enemy release; Exotic; Generalist; Herbivory; Lake Conjola; New South Wales

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; COEXISTENCE; ESTUARY; GRAZING PRESSURE; HERBIVORE; INVASIVE SPECIES; SEAWEED;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

ALGAE; ANASPIDEA; ANTIPODA; APLYSIA; APLYSIA DACTYLOMELA; CAULERPA; CAULERPA TAXIFOLIA; CYMADUSA SETOSA; CYSTOSEIRA; GIRELLA TRICUSPIDATA; LAURENCIA; PLATYNEREIS DUMERILII; SARGASSUM; SARGASSUM SP.; ULVA;

EID: 33750109467     PISSN: 13231650     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/MF05253     Document Type: Article

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