A social analysis of the bioinvasions of Dreissena polymorpha in Spain and Hydrilla verticillata in Guatemala

Environmental Management

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 555-566

  Binimelis, Rosa ^a   Monterroso, Iliana ^a   Rodríguez Labajos, Beatriz ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIA I TECNOLOGIA AMBIENTALS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Biodiversity conservation; Dreissena polymorpha; Ebro River; Hydrilla verticillata; Invasive species; Lake Izabal; Social analysis; Stakeholders

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION; DREISSENA POLYMORPHA; EBRO RIVER; HYDRILLA VERTICILLATA; INVASIVE SPECIES; LAKE IZABAL; SOCIAL ANALYSIS;

BIODIVERSITY; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; LAKES; POLYMORPHISM; PROBLEM SOLVING; RIVERS;

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION;

AQUATIC PLANT; BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; BIVALVE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; INTRODUCED SPECIES; PERCEPTION; STAKEHOLDER;

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; DREISSENA; DREISSENA POLYMORPHA; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; GUATEMALA; NONHUMAN; RIVER; SPAIN; SPECIES INVASION;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DREISSENA; ECOSYSTEM; GUATEMALA; HUMANS; HYDROCHARITACEAE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SPAIN;

CENTRAL AMERICA; EBRO RIVER; EURASIA; EUROPE; GUATEMALA [CENTRAL AMERICA]; IZABAL; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

DREISSENA POLYMORPHA; HYDRILLA VERTICILLATA;

EID: 34648827846     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: 14321009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00267-006-0206-x     Document Type: Article

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