A fluorescent marking and re-count technique using the invasive earthworm, Pontoscolex corethrurus (Annelida: Oligochaeta)

Caribbean Journal of Science

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 371-379

  González, Grizelle ^a   Espinosa, Elianid ^b   Liu, Zhigang ^c   Zou, Xiaoming ^c  

^a INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL FORESTRY   (Puerto Rico)

^b University of Puerto Rico ^*  (Puerto Rico)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

Earthworms; Exotic; Fluorescent; Invasion; Mark and recapture; Pontoscolex corethrurus; Puerto Rico; Re count; Tropics

Indexed keywords

CAPTURE METHOD; EARTHWORM; FLUORESCENCE; INVASIVE SPECIES; JUVENILE; MARKING METHOD; POPULATION ESTIMATION; SURVIVAL;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; GREATER ANTILLES; PUERTO RICO;

ANNELIDA; OLIGOCHAETA (METAZOA); PONTOSCOLEX CORETHRURUS;

EID: 34249747798     PISSN: 00086452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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