Marine invasive species: Validation of citizen science and implications for national monitoring networks

Biological Invasions

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 117-128

  Delaney, David G ^a   Sperling, Corinne D ^a   Adams, Christiaan S ^b   Leung, Brian ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Carcinus maenas; Citizen science; Community based monitoring; Hemigrapsus sanguineus; Marine invasive species; Quality assurance; Validation

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CRAB; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; INVASIVE SPECIES; NATIVE SPECIES;

NEW JERSEY; NORTH AMERICA; SANDY HOOK; UNITED STATES;

CARCINUS MAENAS; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); HEMIGRAPSUS SANGUINEUS;

EID: 38349126692     PISSN: 13873547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10530-007-9114-0     Document Type: Article

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