Acabaria erythraea (Octocorallia: Gorgonacea) a successful invader to the Mediterranean Sea?

Coral Reefs

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 161-164

  Fine, M ^a   Aluma, Y ^b   Meroz Fine, E ^a   Abelson, A ^b   Loya, Y ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Acabaria erythraea; Gorgonian; Invasion; Mediterranean sea

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; INVASIVE SPECIES; SOFT CORAL;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA; OCEANIC REGIONS; WORLD;

ACABARIA; ALCYONARIA; GORGONACEA; GORGONIA;

EID: 17044364817     PISSN: 07224028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00338-004-0462-2     Document Type: Article

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