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Publication Details
AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
agricultural and biological sciences
Introduced and cryptogenic marine and estuarine species of South Africa
Journal of Natural History, Volume 45, No. 39-40, Year 2011
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Description
The introduction history, systematics, transport vectors and distribution patterns of 85 introduced and 39 cryptogenic marine or estuarine animals and plants of South Africa are presented. This represents an addition of 93 species compared with previous lists. Taxa covered include protists, dinoflagellates, sponges, cnidarians, annelids, crustaceans, pycnogonids, insects, molluscs, brachiopods, bryozoans, echinoderms, ascidians, fish, algae and higher plants. For each species a justification motivating its inclusion as an introduction into South African shores or its cryptogenic status, is provided. Challenges associated with this type of inventory work are explored and major patterns of bioinvasion within the region are summarized briefly. © 2011 Taylor & Francis.
Authors & Co-Authors
Mead, Angela
South Africa, Cape Town
University of Cape Town
Carlton, James T.
United States, Mystic
Williams-mystic
Griffiths, Charles L.
South Africa, Cape Town
University of Cape Town
Rius, Marc
South Africa, Cape Town
University of Cape Town
United States, Davis
University of California, Davis
Statistics
Citations: 103
Authors: 4
Affiliations: 3
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1080/00222933.2011.595836
ISSN:
00222933
e-ISSN:
14645262
Study Locations
South Africa