Assessment of bioinvasion impacts on a regional scale: A comparative approach

Biological Invasions

Volumn 13, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1739-1765

  Zaiko, Anastasija ^a   Lehtiniemi, Maiju ^b   Narščius, Aleksas ^a   Olenin, Sergej ^a  

^a KLAIPEDA UNIVERSITY   (Lithuania)

^b FINNISH ENVIRONMENT INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Baltic Sea; Bioinvasion impact; Biopollution; Community; Ecosystem functioning; Habitat; Invasive species; Kattegat

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; COASTAL LAGOON; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; HABITAT QUALITY; INDEX METHOD; INVASIVE SPECIES; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NATIVE SPECIES; POLLUTION INCIDENCE; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA;

EID: 79960042761     PISSN: 13873547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10530-010-9928-z     Document Type: Article

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