Globalization of an aquatic pest: Economic costs, ecological outcomes, and positive applications of zebra mussel invasions and expansions

Geography Compass

Volumn 2, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1755-1776

  Ram, Jeffrey L ^a   Palazzolo, Stacey M ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ECONOMIC IMPACT; GLOBALIZATION; MOLLUSC; PEST SPECIES;

NORTH AMERICA;

DREISSENA BUGENSIS; DREISSENA POLYMORPHA;

EID: 57049183565     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17498198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-8198.2008.00168.x     Document Type: Article

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