Mesoscale dispersal of the introduced kelp Undaria pinnatifida attached to unstable substrata

Botanica Marina

Volumn 49, Issue 5-6, 2006, Pages 396-405

  Sliwa, Cathryn ^a,b   Johnson, Craig R ^a   Hewitt, Chad L ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Dispersal; Invasion biology; Macroalga; Undaria pinnatifida; Unstable substrata

Indexed keywords

ALGA; DISPERSAL; DRAG; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; INTRODUCED SPECIES; SPORE; SUBSTRATE;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; NEW ZEALAND; TASMANIA;

ALGAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); UNDARIA; UNDARIA PINNATIFIDA;

EID: 33845588934     PISSN: 00068055     EISSN: 14374323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/BOT.2006.051     Document Type: Article

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