First record of vase tunicate, ciona intestinalis (Linnaeus, 1767), in coastal Newfoundland waters

BioInvasions Records

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 89-98

  Sargent, Philip S ^a   Wells, Terri ^a   Matheson, Kyle ^a   McKenzie, Cynthia H ^a   Deibel, Don ^b  

^a NORTHWEST ATLANTIC FISHERIES CENTRE   (Canada)

^b MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ascidian; Invasive species; Non native; Sea squirt; Survey

Indexed keywords

EID: 85008660282     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22421300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3391/bir.2013.2.2.01     Document Type: Article

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