Accelerating invasion rate in a highly invaded estuary

Biological invasions are a major global environmental and economic problem. Analysis of the San Francisco Bay and Delta ecosystem revealed a large number of exotic species that dominate many habitats in terms of number of species, number of individuals and biomass, and a high and accelerating rate of invasion. These factors suggest that this may be the most invaded estuary in the world. Possible causes include a large number and variety of transport vectors, a depauperate native biota, and extensive natural and anthropogenic disturbance.

• Publication year

  1998

• Venue

  Science

• Publication date

  1998-01-23

• Fields of study

  Biology, Geography, Medicine, Environmental Science

• Identifiers
  DOI 10.1126/SCIENCE.279.5350.555PMID 9438847
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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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