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Distribution and status of marine invasive species in and bordering the West Coast National Park
Koedoe | Vol 47, No 1 | a73 |
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4102/koedoe.v47i1.73
| © 2004 T.B. Robinson, C.L. Griffiths, N. Kruger
| This work is licensed under CC Attribution 4.0
Submitted: 18 December 2004 | Published: 18 December 2004
Submitted: 18 December 2004 | Published: 18 December 2004
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T.B. Robinson, University of Cape Town, South AfricaC.L. Griffiths, University of Cape Town, South Africa
N. Kruger, University of Cape Town, South Africa
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On a global scale, species are constantly being moved from their areas of origin to new locales. Such range extensions can occur naturally, but are frequently aided (intentionally or non-intentionally) by humans (Mack et al. 2000). As a result, the marked world-wide increase in animal, plant, and microbial immigrations, has been found to roughly track the increase in human commerce (Mack et al. 2000). The principal vectors of human-mediated marine invasions are ballast water (Williams et al. 1988), mariculture (Minchin 1996), sediment held in ballast tanks (Carlton 1985), and ship hull fouling (Minchin 1996).
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West Coast National Park; Marine alien species; Mytilus galloprovincialis; Carcinus maenas; Littorina saxatilis; Sagartia ornata
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