The invasion of the freshwater diatom Didymosphenia geminata in Patagonia: Prospects, Strategies, And implications for biosecurity of invasive microorganisms in continental waters

Conservation Letters

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 432-440

  Reid, Brian L ^a   Hernández, Klaudia L ^a   Frangópulos, Máximo ^b   Bauer, Gabriel ^c   Lorca, Mauricio ^d   Kilroy, Cathy ^e   Spaulding, Sarah ^f  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUSTRAL DE CHILE   (Chile)

^b Centre for Quaternary Research Punta Arenas   (Chile)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LA PATAGONIA SAN JUAN BOSCO   (Argentina)

^d Centro de Investigacion en Nutricion Tecnologia en Alimentos y Sustentabilida   (Chile)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^f UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Biosecurity; Conservation planning; Freshwater invasion; Invasion model; River network; Tierra del Fuego; Transmission vector

Indexed keywords

BACILLARIOPHYTA; DIDYMOSPHENIA GEMINATA;

EID: 84870868501     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1755263X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-263X.2012.00264.x     Document Type: Article

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