The river Rhine: A global highway for dispersal of aquatic invasive species

Biological Invasions

Volumn 11, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1989-2008

  Leuven, Rob S E W ^a   van der Velde, Gerard ^a,b   Baijens, Iris ^a   Snijders, Janneke ^a   van der Zwart, Christien ^a   Lenders, H J Rob ^a   bij de Vaate, Abraham ^c,d  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b NATURALIS BIODIVERSITY CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c INST INLAND WATER MGMT WASTE W   (Netherlands)

^d Waterfauna Hydrobiologisch Adviesbureau   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Dispersal rate; Invasion corridor; Macroinvertebrates; Non indigenous species; Shipping; Species replacement; Waterways

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; COLONIZATION; DISPERSAL; HABITAT CORRIDOR; HABITAT QUALITY; HUMAN ACTIVITY; INVASIVE SPECIES; MACROINVERTEBRATE; NATIVE SPECIES; RIVER BASIN; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; RHINE RIVER;

CRUSTACEA; MOLLUSCA;

EID: 70350786698     PISSN: 13873547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10530-009-9491-7     Document Type: Article

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