Beyond ballast water: Aquarium and ornamental trades as sources of invasive species in aquatic ecosystems

Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 131-138

  Padilla, Dianna K ^a   Williams, Susan L ^b  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA DAVIS   (United States)

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EID: 5444248187     PISSN: 15409295     EISSN: 15409309     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/1540-9295(2004)002[0131:BBWAAO]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Review

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