Case history and persistence of the non-indigenous diatom Coscinodiscus wailesii in the north-east Atlantic

M. Edwards; A.W.G. John; D.G. Johns; P.C. Reid

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The introduction of non-indigenous marine plankton species can have a considerable ecological and economic effect on regional systems. Their presence, however, can go unnoticed until they reach nuisance status and as a consequence few case histories exist containing information on their initial appearance and their spatio–temporal patterns. Here we report on the occurrence of the non-indigenous diatom Coscinodiscus wailesii in 1977 in the English Channel, its subsequent geographical spread into European shelf seas, and its persistence as a significant member of the diatom community in the north-east Atlantic from 1977–1995.

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