Congener comparison of native (Zostera marina) and introduced (Z. japonica) eelgrass at multiple scales within a Pacific Northwest estuary

Biological Invasions

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1773-1789

  Ruesink, Jennifer L ^a   Hong, Jae Sang ^b   Wisehart, Lorena ^c   Hacker, Sally D ^c   Dumbauld, Brett R ^d   Hessing Lewis, Margot ^c   Trimble, Alan C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b Inha University   (South Korea)

^c OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Congener; Darwin's naturalization hypothesis; Estuary; Invasion; Life history; Seagrasses; Tidal elevation; Washington; Willapa Bay; Zostera japonica; Zostera marina

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ANNUAL VARIATION; ASEXUAL REPRODUCTION; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; BIOMASS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECOLOGICAL ENGINEERING; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEM; INTRODUCED SPECIES; LIFE HISTORY; NATIVE SPECIES; NATURALIZATION; POPULATION DECLINE; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); REPRODUCTIVE PRODUCTIVITY; RHIZOME; SEAGRASS; SEASONAL VARIATION; SHOOT; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; TIDE; TRANSECT;

PACIFIC NORTHWEST; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON [UNITED STATES]; WILLAPA BAY;

ZOSTERA JAPONICA; ZOSTERA MARINA;

EID: 77952292661     PISSN: 13873547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10530-009-9588-z     Document Type: Article

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