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- Title
Invasive and Rare Aquatic Invertebrates of Taiwan with a Focus on Their Dormancy.
- Authors
Alekseev, Victor; Dahms, Hans-Uwe; Hwang, Jiang-Shiou; Sukhikh, Natalia
- Abstract
Invertebrates in tropical ecosystems are generally considered to have little or no need for a dormant phase due to the stability of the habitat. However, resting stages of aquatic organisms are occasionally found here as well. This fact increases the possibility of transport of tropical organisms by ships' ballast water, which is the main vector for the spread of alien aquatic organisms between continents. During a study of resting stages in the bottom sediments of the island of Taiwan in 2006–2007, nine species of invertebrates were found, invasive or new to the fauna of the island, with some of them forming large banks of resting stages in sediments.
- Subjects
TAIWAN; RARE invertebrates; INTRODUCED aquatic species; BALLAST water; TROPICAL ecosystems
- Publication
Water (20734441), 2023, Vol 15, Issue 17, p3155
- ISSN
2073-4441
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/w15173155