Reproduction and early life history of an invasive ascidian Styela clava Herdman in Prince Edward Island, Canada

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 342, Issue 1 SPEC. ISS., 2007, Pages 78-84

  Bourque, Daniel ^a   Davidson, Jeffrey ^b   MacNair, Neil G ^c   Arsenault, Garth ^b   LeBlanc, Angeline R ^a   Landry, Thomas ^a   Miron, Gilles ^d  

^a GULF FISHERIES CENTRE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND   (Canada)

^c PEI Department of Agriculture Fisheries and Aquaculture   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE MONCTON   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ascidians; Gonad development; Larval concentrations; Recruitment; Reproductive period; Styela clava

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; INVASIVE SPECIES; LARVA; LIFE HISTORY; MUSSEL CULTURE; RECRUITMENT; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY; VERTEBRATE;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND [CANADA];

ASCIDIA; ASCIDIACEA; STYELA; STYELA CLAVA;

EID: 33846593885     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jembe.2006.10.017     Document Type: Article

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