Recreational boating: A large unregulated vector transporting marine invasive species

Diversity and Distributions

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1161-1172

  Clarke Murray, Cathryn ^a   Pakhomov, Evgeny A ^a   Therriault, Thomas W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b PACIFIC BIOLOGICAL STATION   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biological invasions; Dive survey; Hull fouling; Marine invasion; Niche area; Non indigenous species; Questionnaire; Recreational boat

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; BOATING; ESTIMATION METHOD; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; INVASIVE SPECIES; MACROALGA; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NICHE; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; RECREATIONAL ACTIVITY; VESSEL;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA;

ASCIDIACEA; BOTRYLLOIDES VIOLACEUS; SARGASSUM; SARGASSUM MUTICUM; STYELA CLAVA;

EID: 80054098540     PISSN: 13669516     EISSN: 14724642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-4642.2011.00798.x     Document Type: Article

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