Marine biofouling on recreational boats on swing moorings and berths

Management of Biological Invasions

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 327-341

  Brine, Oriana ^a   Hunt, Lou ^a   Costello, Mark John ^b  

^a Ministry for Primary Industries   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Introduced species; Invasive marine species; New Zealand; Non indigenous marine species; Vector

Indexed keywords

EID: 85014732537     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19898649     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3391/mbi.2013.4.4.07     Document Type: Article

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