The role of containerships as transfer mechanisms of marine biofouling species

Biofouling

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 645-655

  Davidson, Ian C ^a   Brown, Christopher W ^b   Sytsma, Mark D ^a   Ruiz, Gregory M ^a,c  

^a PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Romberg Tiburon Center   (United States)

^c SMITHSONIAN ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Biofouling; Containerships; Fouling; Hulls; Species introductions; Vectors

Indexed keywords

ANTIFOULING; BIOFOULING; CONTAINER SHIP; CRUSTACEAN; MACROALGA; MACROINVERTEBRATE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MARINE POLLUTION; MARITIME TRANSPORTATION; SPECIES RICHNESS; SUBMERGED BODY;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; BIOFOULING; BIOLOGY; CLASSIFICATION; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INVERTEBRATE; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SHIP; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; BIOFOULING; CALIFORNIA; COMMERCE; INVERTEBRATES; MARINE BIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SHIPS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; OAKLAND; SAN FRANCISCO BAY; UNITED STATES;

ALGAE; ASCIDIACEA; BIVALVIA; BRYOZOA; CHLOROPHYTA; HYDROZOA; INVERTEBRATA; RUMEX; THORACICA;

EID: 70449428952     PISSN: 08927014     EISSN: 10292454     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08927010903046268     Document Type: Article

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