Range and dispersal of a tropical marine invader, the Asian green mussel, Perna viridis, in subtropical waters of the southeastern United States

Journal of Shellfish Research

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 345-355

  Baker, Patrick ^a   Fajans, Jonathan S ^b   Arnold, William S ^c   Ingrao, Debra A ^d   Marelli, Dan C ^c   Baker, Shirley M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b Florida Institute of Oceanography   (United States)

^c Fish and Wildlife Research Institute   (United States)

^d MOTE MARINE LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Asian green mussel; Florida; Invasion; Perna viridis

Indexed keywords

BIVALVIA; MUSCULISTA SENHOUSIA; MYTILIDAE; PERNA; PERNA VIRIDIS;

EID: 36649003882     PISSN: 07308000     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2983/0730-8000(2007)26[345:RADOAT]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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