Range expansion by invasive marine algae: Rates and patterns of spread at a regional scale

Diversity and Distributions

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 762-775

  Lyons, Devin A ^a   Scheibling, Robert E ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biological invasions; Dispersal; Range expansion; Seaweed; Species introduction

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; COASTAL WATER; DISPERSAL; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; INVASIVE SPECIES; MACROALGA; RANGE EXPANSION; RANGE SIZE;

ALGAE;

EID: 69249121986     PISSN: 13669516     EISSN: 14724642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-4642.2009.00580.x     Document Type: Article

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