New records of solitary ascidians on artificial structures in Singapore waters

Marine Biodiversity Records

Volumn 6, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Lee, Serina Siew Chen ^a   Teo, Serena Lay Ming ^a   Lambert, Gretchen ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Ascidiacea; ascidians; biodiversity; fouling; non indigenous; Singapore; Tunicata

Indexed keywords

EID: 84907398945     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17552672     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1755267213000638     Document Type: Article

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