Marine litter as habitat and dispersal vector

Marine Anthropogenic Litter

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages 141-181

  Kiessling, Tim ^a   Gutow, Lars ^b   Thiel, Martin ^c,d  

^a Universidad Católica del Norte   (Chile)

^b ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^c CENTRO DE ESTUDIOS AVANZADOS EN ZONAS ÁRIDAS CEAZA   (Chile)

^d Universidad Católica del Norte   (Chile)

Author keywords

Anthropogenic flotsam; Biogeography; Biological invasions; Plastic pollution; Rafting community; Succession

Indexed keywords

EID: 84942573102     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-16510-3_6     Document Type: Chapter

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