Article
Hidden introductions of freshwater red algae via the aquarium trade exposed by DNA barcodes
2020-07-02
Abstract excerpt
<h4>ABSTRACT</h4> The global aquarium trade can introduce alien freshwater invaders, potentially impacting local aquatic ecosystems and their biodiversity. The role of the aquarium trade in spreading freshwater red macroalgae that hitchhike on ornamental aquatic plants and animals is unassessed. We investigated this human-mediated phenomenon via a broad biodiversity survey and genetic analysis of freshwater red a...
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- Literature Corpus work
- e69d068c-ce55-53b2-9e68-06097d7b5195
- DOI
- 10.1101/2020.06.30.180042
