Assessing potential control options for the invasive tunicate Didemnum vexillum in shellfish aquaculture

Aquaculture

Volumn 318, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 145-153

  Switzer, S E ^a   Therriault, T W ^a   Dunham, A ^a,b   Pearce, C M ^a,b  

^a PACIFIC BIOLOGICAL STATION   (Canada)

^b VANCOUVER ISLAND UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Botryllid tunicates; Crassostrea gigas; Didemnum vexillum; Hydrated lime treatment; Invasive tunicates; Shellfish aquaculture

Indexed keywords

BIOFOULING; BIVALVE; CULTIVATION; FISHING GEAR; INVASIVE SPECIES; MARICULTURE; OYSTER CULTURE; SAMPLING; SURVIVAL;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA;

BIVALVIA; BOTRYLLIDAE; BOTRYLLOIDES VIOLACEUS; BOTRYLLUS SCHLOSSERI; CRASSOSTREA GIGAS; DIDEMNUM; ECHINOIDEA; OSTREIDAE; STRONGYLOCENTROTUS; STRONGYLOCENTROTUS DROEBACHIENSIS; UROCHORDATA; VEXILLUM;

EID: 79958846336     PISSN: 00448486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aquaculture.2011.04.044     Document Type: Article

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