Projected effects of the Panama Canal expansion on shipping traffic and biological invasions

Diversity and Distributions

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 75-87

  Muirhead, Jim R ^a   Minton, Mark S ^a   Miller, Whitman A ^a   Ruiz, Gregory M ^a  

^a SMITHSONIAN ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Ballast water; Biological invasions; Hull fouling; Marine invasions; Panama canal; Shipping

Indexed keywords

EID: 84918820802     PISSN: 13669516     EISSN: 14724642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ddi.12260     Document Type: Article

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