Dispersal potential of the invasive green alga Codium fragile ssp. fragile

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 381, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 114-125

  Watanabe, Shana ^a   Metaxas, Anna ^a   Scheibling, Robert E ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Algal propagules; Codium fragile ssp. fragile; Dispersal distance; Flume experiments; Invasive seaweeds; Retention rate; Vegetative propagation

Indexed keywords

BUOYANCY; DISPERSAL; FLUME EXPERIMENT; GREEN ALGA; HUMAN ACTIVITY; INVASIVE SPECIES; PARTHENOGENESIS; PROPAGULE; RETENTION; SEA SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY; TIDAL CHANNEL; VEGETATIVE PROPAGATION;

ATLANTIC COAST [CANADA]; ATLANTIC COAST [NORTH AMERICA]; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

ALGAE; CHLOROPHYTA; CODIUM FRAGILE;

EID: 70350602409     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jembe.2009.09.012     Document Type: Article

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