The littoral fish community of the Lebanese rocky coast (eastern Mediterranean Sea) with emphasis on Red Sea immigrants

Biological Invasions

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 625-637

  Harmelin Vivien, Mireille L ^a   Bitar, Ghazi ^b   Harmelin, Jean Georges ^a   Monestiez, Pascal ^c  

^a STATION MARINE D ENDOUME   (France)

^b LEBANESE UNIVERSITY   (Lebanon)

^c CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

Coastal fishes; Community structure; Lessepsian species; Levantine basin; Mediterranean Sea

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION; ICHTHYOFAUNA;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; LEBANON; MIDDLE EAST; WORLD;

CHROMIS CHROMIS; CORIS JULIS; OBLADA MELANURA; PEMPHERIS VANICOLENSIS; PISCES; SARGOCENTRON RUBRUM; SIGANUS LURIDUS; SPICARA SMARIS; THALASSOMA PAVO;

EID: 20544478441     PISSN: 13873547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10530-004-5852-4     Document Type: Article

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