First European record of the invasive brackish water clam Rangia cuneata (G.B. Sowerby I, 1831) (Mollusca: Bivalvia)

Aquatic Invasions

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 198-203

  Verween, Annick ^a   Kerckhof, Francis ^b   Vincx, Magda ^a   Degraer, Steven ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b ROYAL BELGIAN INSTITUTE OF NATURAL SCIENCES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Belgium; Biofouling; Europe; First record; Invasive species; Mactridae; Rangia cuneata

Indexed keywords

EID: 51649128429     PISSN: 17986540     EISSN: 18185487     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3391/ai.2006.1.4.1     Document Type: Article

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