Mytilus on the move: transport of an invasive bivalve to the Antarctic

• Main Authors: Lee, J.E., Chown, S.L.
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: English
• Published: Inter-Research 2010
• Subjects: Antarctica; Gough Island; Invasive alien species; Marion Island; Propagule pressure; Antarctic; The Antarctic; Lamarck; Gough; Antarc*; South African National Antarctic Programme
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/119945

Increasing numbers of scientific and tourist vessels are entering the Antarctic region and have the potential to bring with them a range of organisms that are not currently found in the region. Little is known about the frequency of such introductions or the identity and survivorship of the species...