Lobsters and crabs as potential vectors for tunicate dispersal in the southern Gulf of St. Lawrence, Canada

Aquatic Invasions

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 105-110

  Bernier, Renée Y ^a   Locke, Andrea ^a   Hanson, John Mark ^a  

^a GULF FISHERIES CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Epibiont dispersal; Invasive tunicates; Natural transport vectors

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955832634     PISSN: 17986540     EISSN: 18185487     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3391/ai.2009.4.1.11     Document Type: Article

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