The potential for hull-mediated species transfers by obsolete ships on their final voyages

Diversity and Distributions

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 518-529

  Davidson, Ian C ^a   McCann, Linda D ^b   Fofonoff, Paul W ^b   Sytsma, Mark D ^a   Ruiz, Gregory M ^a,b  

^a PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SMITHSONIAN ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Biological invasions; Hull biofouling; Inter oceanic species transfers; Non indigenous species; Shipping

Indexed keywords

BIOFOULING; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; BIOMASS; BRYOZOAN; COASTAL ZONE; COLONIZATION; HULL; POPULATION DENSITY; SALINITY; SHIPPING; SPECIES POOL;

BROWNSVILLE; CALIFORNIA; CENTRAL AMERICA; NORTH AMERICA; PANAMA [CENTRAL AMERICA]; PANAMA CANAL; PANAMA CANAL ZONE; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

BIVALVIA; BRYOZOA; CONOPEUM; CORBICULA FLUMINEA; CORBULA;

EID: 42149141858     PISSN: 13669516     EISSN: 14724642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-4642.2008.00465.x     Document Type: Article

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