Quagga and zebra mussel risk via veliger transfer by overland hauled boats

Management of Biological Invasions

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 129-133

  Dalton, Larry B ^a   Cottrell, Sariah ^b  

^a UTAH DIVISION OF WILDLIFE RESOURCES   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Decontamination; Dreissena polymorpha; Dreissena rostriformis bugensis; Transport; Veliger

Indexed keywords

EID: 85008701757     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19898649     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3391/mbi.2013.4.2.05     Document Type: Article

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