Viability of golden star tunicate fragments after high-pressure water treatment

Aquaculture

Volumn 303, Issue 1-4, 2010, Pages 105-107

  Paetzold, S Christine ^a   Davidson, Jeff ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

Botryllus schlosseri; Colonial tunicates; Fragmentation; Mitigation

Indexed keywords

FISHING GEAR; FOULING ORGANISM; INVASIVE SPECIES; INVERTEBRATE; MORTALITY; MUSSEL CULTURE; RECOLONIZATION; WATER TREATMENT;

BOTRYLLUS SCHLOSSERI; UROCHORDATA;

EID: 77951252315     PISSN: 00448486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aquaculture.2010.03.004     Document Type: Article

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