Journal article
Introduced and cryptogenic species in Port Phillip Bay, Victoria, Australia
CL Hewitt, ML Campbell, RE Thresher, RB Martin, S Boyd, BF Cohen, DR Currie, MF Gomon, MJ Keough, JA Lewis, MM Lockett, N Mays, MA McArthur, TD O'Hara, GCB Poore, DJ Ross, MJ Storey, JE Watson, RS Wilson
Marine Biology | SPRINGER HEIDELBERG | Published : 2004
Abstract
Port Phillip Bay (PPB) is a large (1,930 km2), temperate embayment in southern Victoria, Australia. Extensive bay-wide surveys of PPB have occurred since 1840. In 1995/1996 the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO) Centre for Research on Introduced Marine Pests (CRIMP) undertook an intensive evaluation of the region with the aims of developing a comprehensive species list of native and introduced biota and contrasting previous bay-wide assessments with a current field survey in order to detect new incursions and discern alterations to native communities. Two methods were used to meet these aims: a re-evaluation of regional museum collections and published resea..
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