Title | The Invasion of the Australasian Burrowing Isopod (Sphaeroma quoianum) in Coos Bay, Oregon |
Publication Type | Thesis |
Year of Publication | 2006 |
Authors | Davidson, Timothy Mathias |
Academic Department | Dept. of Biology |
Degree | M.S. |
Pagination | 158 p. |
University | University of Oregon |
City | Eugene, Or. |
Type of Work | Masters Thesis |
Call Number | Available through Interlibrary Loan, Digital Open Access |
Keywords | Boone Slough, Coos Bay, erosion, introduced species, isopods, life history information, population biology, theses, Yaquina Bay |
Notes | "During an intertidal survey of Yaquina Bay, Oregon, a single adult Sphaeroma specimen was discovered burrowed into a piece of decayed wood in Boone Slough on March 2, 2005... In a subsequent survey (August 29, 2005), numerous burrows were found in a marsh bank in the same location. Several adult and juvenile Sphaeroma were found within the burrows, suggesting the establishment of a reproducing population ..." (p.127) |
URL | https://scholarsbank.uoregon.edu/xmlui/handle/1794/3774 |