Items for "alien invasive species"

Crusts of the alien bryozoan Membranipora membranacea can negatively impact spore output from native kelps (Laminaria longicruris)

Severe outbreaks of the crust-forming European bryozoan Membranipora membranacea in northwestern Atlantic waters have caused extensive losses of kelp canopy through a process of defoliation...

Keywords: alien invasive species, Membranipora membranacea, Laminaria longicruris, spore release