Settlement and potential for transport of clubbed tunicate (Styela clava) on boat hulls

Aquatic Invasions

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 95-103

  Darbyson, Emily A ^a,b   Hanson, John Mark ^c   Locke, Andrea ^c   Martin Willison, J H ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c GULF FISHERIES CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bivalve aquaculture; Estuaries; Exposure to air; Gulf of Saint Lawrence; Invasive species; Secondary spread

Indexed keywords

EID: 80054098291     PISSN: 17986540     EISSN: 18185487     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3391/ai.2009.4.1.10     Document Type: Article

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