Too cold to prosper - Winter mortality prevents population increase of the introduced American slipper limpet Crepidula fornicata in northern Europe

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 311, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 375-391

  Thieltges, David W ^a   Strasser, Matthias ^a   Van Beusekom, Justus E E ^a   Reise, Karsten ^a  

^a ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Introduced species; Larvae; Mollusca; Parasitism; Population dynamics; Predation; Winter effects

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; BIOTIC FACTOR; COLD TOLERANCE; LIMITING FACTOR; MORTALITY; RANGE EXPANSION; WINTER; ZOOGEOGRAPHY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTH SEA; NORTHERN EUROPE; WADDEN SEA [NORTH SEA];

ASTERIAS RUBENS; ASTEROIDEA; CARCINUS MAENAS; CREPIDULA FORNICATA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); DIPLOMONADIDA GROUP; GRAPSIDAE; MOLLUSCA; MYTILUS EDULIS; TREMATODA;

EID: 4644329317     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jembe.2004.05.018     Document Type: Article

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