Making non-indigenous species information systems practical for management and useful for research: An aquatic perspective

Biological Conservation

Volumn 173, Issue , 2014, Pages 98-107

  Olenin, Sergej ^a   Narščius, Aleksas ^a   Minchin, Dan ^a,b   David, Matej ^c   Galil, Bella ^d   Gollasch, Stephan ^e   Marchini, Agnese ^f   Occhipinti Ambrogi, Anna ^f   Ojaveer, Henn ^g   Zaiko, Anastasija ^a  

^a KLAIPEDA UNIVERSITY   (Lithuania)

^b Killaloe Co Clare   (Ireland)

^c David Consult ^*  (Slovenia)

^d ISRAEL OCEANOGRAPHIC AND LIMNOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Israel)

^e GoConsult   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^g UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

Author keywords

Bioinvasion management; Database; Information sharing; Introduced species; Large marine ecosystems

Indexed keywords

EID: 84899851277     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2013.07.040     Document Type: Article

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