Appearance of a cryptogenic tunicate, a Didemnum sp. fouling marina pontoons and leisure craft in Ireland

Aquatic Invasions

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 143-147

  Minchin, Dan ^a   Sides, Elizabeth ^b  

^a Killaloe Co Clare   (Ireland)

^b National Parks and Wildlife Service Ireland   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Alien; Ascidian; Didemnum; Fouling; Ireland; Leisure craft; Marina; Tunicate

Indexed keywords

EID: 80054113367     PISSN: 17986540     EISSN: 18185487     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3391/ai.2006.1.3.8     Document Type: Article

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