Reference List

This list includes references used to derive specimen records as well as those with scientific name Synidotea laevidorsalis listed in key words.

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17663 Journal Article Bushek, D., and S. Boyd. 2006. Seasonal abundance and occurrence of the Asian isopod Synidotea laevidorsalis in Delaware Bay, USA. Biological Invasions 8:697-702.
9186 Thesis or Dissertation Carlton, J.T. 1979. History, Biogeography, and Ecology of the Introduced Marine and Estuarine Invertebrates of the Pacific Coast of North America. Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation. University of California, Davis, CA.
1938 Journal Article Chapman, J.W., and J.T. Carlton. 1991. A test of criteria for introduced species: the global invasion by the isopod Synidotea laevidorsalis (Meirs, 1881). Journal of Crustacean Biology 11:386-400.
1936 Journal Article Chapman, J.W., and J.T. Carlton. 1994. Predicted discoveries of the introduced isopod Synidotea laevidorsalis (Meirs, 1881). Journal of Crustacean Biology 14:700-714.
10319 Report 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. A report for the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, Washington, DC and The National Sea Grant College Program Connecticut Sea Grant. http://nsgl.gso.uri.edu/conn/connt95002/connt95002full.pdf.
46339 Journal Article Fowler, A.E., A.M.H. Blakeslee, A. Davinack, R. Aguilar, M. Anderson, C. Benadon, H.H.C. Choong, L. Green-Gavrielidis, S.R. Greenberg, E. Hartshorn, N. Hobbs, S. Labbe, K. Larson, M. McCuller, D.M. Moloney, S.K. Parsons, C. Stancil, C. Thornber, J. Pederson, and J.T. Carlton. 2025. Caribbean Creep meets Chesapeake Creep: marine bioinvasions and community shifts along the Mid-Atlantic Coast, USA. Biological Invasions 27:192. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10530-025-03646-w.
9204 Report Hopkins, D.R. 1986. Atlas of the distributions and abundances of common benthic species in San Francisco Bay, California. Water Resources Investigations Rep 86-4003. U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, VA.
9203 Report Markmann, C. 1986. Benthic monitoring in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta: results from 1975 through 1981. Interagency Ecol Stud Prog for the Sacramento-San Joaquin Estuary Tech Rep 12 (WQ/BIO-4ATR/87-12) CA Dept Water Resources, Sacramento, 51 pp.
1937 Journal Article Poore, G.C.B. 1996. Species differentiation in Synidotea (Isopoda: Idoteidae) and recognition of introduced species: a reply to Chapman and Carlton. Journal of Crustacean Biology 16:384-394.


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