Human-mediated transport determines the nonnative distribution of the anemone Nematostella vectensis, a dispersal-limited estuarine invertebrate

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 380, Issue , 2009, Pages 137-146

  Darling, John A ^a   Kuenzi, Ashley ^a   Reitzel, Adam M ^b  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Asexual reproduction; Clonality; Dispersal; Estuarine; Invasive species; Microsatellites; Nematostella vectensis

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ASEXUAL REPRODUCTION; DISPERSAL; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; INVASIVE SPECIES; INVERTEBRATE; LARVAL TRANSPORT; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SALTMARSH; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

NORTH AMERICA; PACIFIC COAST [NORTH AMERICA];

ACTINIARIA; ANEMONE; INVERTEBRATA; NEMATOSTELLA VECTENSIS;

EID: 67649195078     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps07924     Document Type: Article

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