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Discoveries Of Introduced Species In The San Francisco Estuary (California, USA)
Description
The data provided by Solow and Costello (2004) describing discoveries of introduced species in the San Francisco estuary (California, USA)
between the years 1850–1995. These data were compiled by Cohen and Carlton (1995); see also Cohen and Carlton (1998).
The original data in PDF format is described in full in Cohen and Carlton (1995) and can be viewed here: https://repository.library.noaa.gov/view/noaa/40918
Usage
sfestuary
Format
An object of class integer of length 145.
Source
https://esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1890/03-3102
https://repository.library.noaa.gov/view/noaa/40918
References
Cohen, A. N., and J. T. Carlton. 1995. Nonindigenous aquatic species in a United States estuary: a case study of the biological invasions of the San Francisco Bay and Delta. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Washington, D.C., USA. https://repository.library.noaa.gov/view/noaa/40918
Cohen, A. N., and J. T. Carlton. 1998. Accelerating invasion rate in a highly invaded estuary. Science 279: 555– 558. https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.279.5350.555
Solow, A. R., and Costello, C. J. 2004. Estimating the rate of species introductions from the discovery record. Ecology, 85(7), 1822–1825. https://esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1890/03-3102