Methods for identifying and tracking seaweed invasions

Botanica Marina

Volumn 50, Issue 5-6, 2007, Pages 373-384

  Meinesz, Alexandre ^a  

^a Laboratoire Environnement Marin Littoral   (France)

Author keywords

Introduced species; Invasive seaweeds; Mapping; Monitoring; Tracking

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; CARTOGRAPHY; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; INVASIVE SPECIES; MACROALGA; SAMPLING; SEAWEED; THEMATIC MAPPING; TRACKING;

EID: 37149024087     PISSN: 00068055     EISSN: 14374323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/BOT.2007.042     Document Type: Review

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