Unintentional dispersal of aquatic invertebrates via footwear and motor vehicles in a Mediterranean wetland area

Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 580-587

  Waterkeyn, Aline ^a,b   Vanschoenwinkel, Bram ^a   Elsen, Sanne ^a   Anton Pardo, Maria ^c   Grillas, Patrick ^b   Brendonck, Luc ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b STATION BIOLOGIQUE DE LA TOUR DU VALAT   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Aquatic invertebrates; Artemia; Camargue; Human dispersal; Passive dispersal; Propagules

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOBILE; BALLAST WATER; CRUSTACEAN; DISPERSAL; HUMAN ACTIVITY; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; NATURE CONSERVATION; RECREATIONAL ACTIVITY; RESEARCH WORK; WETLAND; ZOOPLANKTON;

BOUCHES DU RHONE; CAMARGUE; FRANCE; PROVENCE-ALPES-COTE D'AZUR;

ARTEMIA; ARTEMIA FRANCISCANA; BRANCHIOPODA; CLADOCERA; INVERTEBRATA; NEMATODA; OSTRACODA; ROTIFERA; TURBELLARIA;

EID: 77955770403     PISSN: 10527613     EISSN: 10990755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aqc.1122     Document Type: Article

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