Invasive blue mussels threaten regional scale genetic diversity in mainland and remote offshore locations: the need for baseline data and enhanced protection in the Southern Ocean
We thank Grant Hopkins (Cawthron Institute, New Zealand) for collecting the Ocean Patriot mussels and for providing information about the history of the rig. We thank a number of colleagues for collecting mussels from around New Zealand. This research was funded in part by the 2011/01/B/NZ9/04352 NCN project to R.W. and statutory topic IV in the IOPAS, a Biosecurity New Zealand (now Ministry of Primary Industries – Biosecurity) award to JPAG and by a Victoria University of Wellington PhD scholarship award to KMW. The authors declare no conflict of interests.
School of Biological Sciences, Victoria University of Wellington, P O Box 600, Wellington, New Zealand; Institute of Oceanology PAS, Powstańców Warszawy 55, Sopot, Poland; Institute of Life and Environmental Sciences, The University of Iceland, Sturlugata 7, Reykjavík, Iceland
Recommended Citation:
Gardner J.P.A.,Zbawicka M.,Westfall K.M.,et al. Invasive blue mussels threaten regional scale genetic diversity in mainland and remote offshore locations: the need for baseline data and enhanced protection in the Southern Ocean[J]. Global Change Biology,2016-01-01,22(9)