The November 2011 Irruption of Buoy Barnacles Dosima Fascicularis in the Western Cape, South Africa

African Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 157-162

  Ryan, P G ^a   Branch, G M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

attachment substrata; colony size; float volume; Janthina mass stranding; Physalia; size distribution; Velella

Indexed keywords

COLONY; CRUSTACEAN; GYRE; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MASS STRANDING; PLASTIC; POPULATION OUTBREAK; SHELL; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SNAIL; SUBSTRATE;

CAPE AGULHAS; CAPE PENINSULA; DE HOOP NATURE RESERVE; SOUTH AFRICA; WESTERN CAPE;

ANIMALIA; ANSER; CALLIPHORIDAE; CYPRIDIDAE; DOSIMA FASCICULARIS; JANTHINA; LEPADIDAE; LEPAS PECTINATA; PHYSALIA; PHYSALIA PHYSALIS; PHYSALIS; THORACICA; VELELLA;

EID: 84862238463     PISSN: 1814232X     EISSN: 18142338     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2989/1814232X.2012.675130     Document Type: Article

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