Case history and persistence of the non-indigenous diatom Coscinodiscus wailesii in the north-east Atlantic
The introduction of non-indigenous marine plankton species can have a considerable ecological and economic effect on regional systems. Their presence, however, can go unnoticed until they reach nuisance status and as a consequence few case histories exist containing information on their initial appe...
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| Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
| Language: | English |
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2001
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| Online Access: | http://plymsea.ac.uk/id/eprint/1145/ http://plymsea.ac.uk/id/eprint/1145/1/coscinodiscus_JMBA_paper.pdf http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayJournal?jid=MBI |
| Summary: | The introduction of non-indigenous marine plankton species can have a considerable ecological and economic effect on regional systems. Their presence, however, can go unnoticed until they reach nuisance status and as a consequence few case histories exist containing information on their initial appearance and their spatio-temporal patterns. Here we report on the occurrence of the non-indigenous diatom Coscinodiscus wailesii in 1977 in the English Channel, its subsequent geographical spread into European shelf seas, and its persistence as a significant member of the diatom community in the north-east Atlantic from 1977-1995. |
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