Can the spread of non-native oysters (Crassostrea gigas) at the early stages of population expansion be managed?

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 60, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1059-1064

  Guy, Claire ^a   Roberts, Dai ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Crassostrea gigas; Eradication; Introductions; Non native species

Indexed keywords

CRASSOSTREA GIGAS; CURRENT DISTRIBUTION; EARLY INTERVENTION; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FREQUENCY DISTRIBUTIONS; GIGAS; HABITAT CHANGE; NON-NATIVE; NON-NATIVE SPECIES; NORTHERN BASINS; NORTHERN IRELAND; PACIFIC OYSTER; POPULATION EXPANSION; POPULATION STRUCTURES; POTENTIAL BENEFITS; REGULATORY AUTHORITIES;

AGRICULTURE; AQUACULTURE;

LAWS AND LEGISLATION;

FERAL ORGANISM; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; INTRODUCED SPECIES; INVASIVE SPECIES; MOLLUSC; POPULATION OUTBREAK; POPULATION STRUCTURE; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); REGULATORY APPROACH;

AGING; ARTICLE; CRASSOSTREA GIGAS; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; IRELAND; NONHUMAN; OYSTER; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SPAWNING; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; ANIMAL; AQUACULTURE; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; CRASSOSTREA; ECOSYSTEM; GEOGRAPHY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; REPRODUCTION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TEMPERATURE; TIME; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANIMALS; AQUACULTURE; CRASSOSTREA; ECOSYSTEM; GEOGRAPHY; NORTHERN IRELAND; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REPRODUCTION; SEAWATER; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS;

NORTHERN IRELAND; STRANGFORD LOUGH; UNITED KINGDOM;

CRASSOSTREA GIGAS; OSTREIDAE;

SEA WATER;

EID: 77954035112     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2010.01.020     Document Type: Article

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