'Caribbean Creep' chills out: climate change and marine invasive species.

BACKGROUND: New marine invasions have been recorded in increasing numbers along the world's coasts due in part to the warming of the oceans and the ability of many invasive marine species to tolerate a broader thermal range than native species. Several marine invertebrate species have invaded t...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: João Canning-Clode, Amy E Fowler, James E Byers, James T Carlton, Gregory M Ruiz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3247285?pdf=render