Air temperature and winter mortality: Implications for the persistence of the invasive mussel, Perna viridis in the intertidal zone of the south-eastern United States

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 400, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 250-256

  Firth, Louise B ^a,c   Knights, Antony M ^b,d   Bell, Susan S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b Wall College of Business   (United States)

^c BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biotic homogenisation; Climate; Cold thermal stress; Invasion success; Weather

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; BIVALVE; CLIMATE CHANGE; COLD TOLERANCE; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; HOMOGENEITY; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; MORALITY;

FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; TAMPA BAY; UNITED STATES;

PERNA; PERNA VIRIDIS;

EID: 79955121802     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jembe.2011.02.007     Document Type: Article

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