First confirmed records of the non-native amphipod Caprella mutica (Schurin 1935) along the coast of British Columbia, Canada, and the potential for secondary spread via hull fouling

Aquatic Invasions

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 495-499

  Frey, Melissa A ^a,d   Gartner, Heidi N ^b   Murray, Cathryn Clarke ^c   Therriault, Thomas W ^a  

^a PACIFIC BIOLOGICAL STATION   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^d RoyBC Mus   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biofouling; Caprellid; Introduced; Museum records; Northeast pacific; Sea chest; Vector

Indexed keywords

EID: 80054110542     PISSN: 17986540     EISSN: 18185487     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3391/ai.2009.4.3.10     Document Type: Article

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