Premature refutation of a human-mediated marine species introduction: The case history of the marine snail Littorina littorea in the northwestern Atlantic

Biological Invasions

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 737-750

  Chapman, John W ^a   Carlton, James T ^b   Bellinger, M Renee ^a   Blakeslee, April M H ^c  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Williams Mystic   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

Author keywords

Biological invasions; Genetics; Introduced species; Invasion criteria; Invasive species; Littorina littorea

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; GASTROPOD; GENETIC ANALYSIS; INVASIVE SPECIES; RANGE EXPANSION; SPECIES OCCURRENCE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTHWEST);

CATHARANTHUS ROSEUS; GASTROPODA; LITTORINA LITTOREA;

EID: 34249731495     PISSN: 13873547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10530-006-9073-x     Document Type: Article

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