Caulerpa taxifolia (Caulerpaceae)

Species description or overview

Caulerpa taxifolia overview
Taxonomy, description, and ecology of Caulerpa taxifolia are provided by University of Hawaii Botany Department.

Invasive algae Caulerpa taxifolia overview 
Taxonomy, images, description, ecology, impacts and distribution of Caulerpa sertularioides are provided by University of Hawaii Botany Department.

Caulerpa, Mediterranean clone species profile (USDA)
Caulerpa, Mediterranean clone (Caulerpa taxifolia) resources, including video, citation database, distribution maps, and publications, are provided by the National Invasive Species Information Center.

Caulerpa taxifolia description and ecology from GISD (ISSG)
A species description and information about the ecology of Caulerpa taxifolia as an invasive species is provided from the Global Invasive Species Database (GISD). GISD was created and is maintained by IUCN's Invasive Species Specialist Group (ISSG).

Taxonomy & nomenclature

Caulerpa taxifolia information from ITIS
The Integrated Taxonomic Information System ITIS provides authoritative taxonomic information on Caulerpa taxifolia, as well as other plants, animals, fungi, and microbes of North America and the world.

IPNI nomenclature info for Caulerpa taxifolia
Nomenclatural information about Caulerpa taxifolia is provided by The International Plant Names Index (IPNI).

Impacts

Caulerpa taxifolia impact information from GISD (ISSG)
Impact information regarding Caulerpa taxifolia as an invasive species is provided from the Global Invasive Species Database (GISD). GISD was created and is maintained by IUCN's Invasive Species Specialist Group (ISSG).

Control methods

Images

Distribution

Books

Turning the tide: The eradication of invasive species (proceedings of the International Conference on Eradication of Island Invasives)
Veitch, C.R. and M.N. Clout (eds.) . 2002. Turning the tide: The eradication of invasive species (proceedings of the International Conference on Eradication of Island Invasives). IUCN SSC Invasive Species Specialist Group. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK. vii + 414pp. ISBN: 2-8317-0682-3.

Killer algae: the true tale of a biological invasion
Meinesz, A. 1999. Killer algae: the true tale of a biological invasion. The University of Chicago Press: Chicago, USA. xvi, 360 pp. ISBN: 0-226-51922-8.

Hawaiian Reef Plants
Huisman, John M., Isabella A. Abbott, and Celia M. Smith. 2007. Hawaiian Reef Plants. A publication of the University of Hawaii Sea Grant College Program. Report no. UNIHI-SEAGRANT-BA-03-02. ISBN: 1-929054-04-1.

Full-text articles

Proceedings of workshop on biological control of native ecosystems in Hawaii
Smith, Clifford W., Julie Denslow, and Stephen Hight (eds.) . 2002. Proceedings of workshop on biological control of native ecosystems in Hawaii. Pacific Cooperative Studies Unit (University of Hawaii at Manoa, Department of Botany) Technical Report 129. 122 pages.

Setting priorities for the biological control of weeds: what to do and how to do it
Myers, Judith H. and Jessica Ware. 2002. Setting priorities for the biological control of weeds: what to do and how to do it. pp. 62-74 in Smith, Clifford W., Julie Denslow, and Stephen Hight (eds). 2002. Proceedings of workshop on biological control of native ecosystems in Hawaii. Pacific Cooperative Studies Unit (University of Hawaii at Manoa, Department of Botany) Technical Report 129. 122 pages. from http://www.botany.hawaii.edu/faculty/duffy/techr/129.pdf accessed 16 March 2008.

Experts

Other resources

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