The nonindigenous ascidian Molgula ficus in California

Cahiers de Biologie Marine

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 95-102

  Lambert, Gretchen ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ascidian; Invasive species; Molgula ficus; Molgula verrucifera; Nonindigenous; Tunicate

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; INVASIVE SPECIES; TYPE SPECIMEN;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ASCIDIA; ASCIDIACEA; MOLGULA; MOLGULA VERRUCIFERA;

EID: 34047217040     PISSN: 00079723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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