A global wanderer: Biology, phylogeography and resilience of the introduced ascidian "Styela plicata" / Història d’una introducció global: biologia, filogeografia i susceptibilitat a factors ambientals de l’ascidi cosmopolita "Styela alicata"

"Styela plicata" is a solitary ascidian introduced all around the world by ship traffic and seems to have many of the required features to become invasive. The main goal of this PhD thesis was to increase our knowledge on the genetic composition of this species, its reproductive features a...

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Main Author: Pineda Torres, Mari Carmen
Other Authors: Turon Barrera, Xavier
Format: Doctoral Thesis
Language:English
Published: Universitat de Barcelona 2012
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10803/101200