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Pattern versus process: broadening the view of marine invasive species

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I am grateful to contributing editor S. Connell for the invitation to write this review and to B. Bowen for thoughtful discussions on this topic and a review of this paper.

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Communicated by S. D. Connell.

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Craig, M.T. Pattern versus process: broadening the view of marine invasive species. Mar Biol 157, 2127–2128 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00227-010-1491-8

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