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Ecological effects of introduced sessile marine invertebrates.

Created 13/03/2025

Updated 13/03/2025

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Manipulative field experiments were used to investigate the effects of the ascidians Botryllus schlosseri and Ascidiella aspersa and the bryozoan Bugula neritina on sessile invertebrate assemblages. Experiments were conducted on perspex plates suspended from Workshops Jetty, Williamstown, Victoria. All 3 introduced species affected the abundance of sessile marine invertebrates, but the effects were varied and not always negative or concentrated on native species. B. neritina increased the abundance of native species, A. aspersa increased the abundance of introduced species and B. schlosseri decreased the abundance of both native and introduced species. This research shows that effects of some introduced species are highly variable and do not conform to typical ideas that exist for introduced species.

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Title Ecological effects of introduced sessile marine invertebrates.
Language eng
Licence notspecified
Landing Page https://devweb.dga.links.com.au/data/dataset/59376707-ebc2-43d4-9993-091b36f44058
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CSIRO Oceans & Atmosphere
mjkeough@unimelb.edu.au
Reference Period 01/11/2003 - 01/03/2004
Geospatial Coverage {"type": "Point", "coordinates": [144.909, -37.861]}
Data Portal data.gov.au

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https://devweb.dga.links.com.au/data/dataset/ecological-effects-of-introduced-sessile-marine-invertebrates1