Distribution and long-term temporal patterns of four invasive colonial ascidians in the Gulf of Maine

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 342, Issue 1 SPEC. ISS., 2007, Pages 61-68

  Dijkstra, Jennifer ^a   Harris, Larry G ^a   Westerman, Erica ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

Author keywords

Botrylloides; Botryllus; Didemnum; Gulf of Maine; Invasive; Temporal distribution

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; COLONIAL ORGANISM; DOMINANCE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; INTRODUCED SPECIES; INVASIBILITY; OYSTER CULTURE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPACE USE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; VERTEBRATE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; DAMARISCOTTA RIVER; GULF OF MAINE; MAINE; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ASCIDIA; ASCIDIACEA; BOTRYLLOIDES; BOTRYLLOIDES VIOLACEUS; BOTRYLLUS; BOTRYLLUS SCHLOSSERI; DIDEMNUM; DIDEMNUM SP.; DIPLOSOMA (TUNICATE); DIPLOSOMA LISTERIANUM; OSTREIDAE;

EID: 33846606361     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jembe.2006.10.015     Document Type: Article

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