Substrate type as a selective tool against colonization by non-native sessile invertebrates

Different substrates of varying composition, color, texture and orientation may selectively influence recruitment of sessile invertebrates and thereby influence the resultant community. Thus substrates may act as a barrier to the establishment of non-indigenous species (NIS). In southern Brazil, gra...

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Main Authors: Leonardo C Cangussu, Luciana Altvater, Maria Angélica Haddad, Ana Caroline Cabral, Halina Linzmeier Heyse, Rosana M Rocha
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade de São Paulo 2010-09-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Oceanography
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1679-87592010000300005

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