Loss or gain? Invasive aliens and biodiversity in the Mediterranean Sea

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 55, Issue 7-9, 2007, Pages 314-322

  Galil, B S ^a  

^a ISRAEL OCEANOGRAPHIC AND LIMNOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS; HOMOGENIZATION METHOD; OCEAN HABITATS; POPULATION STATISTICS;

ANTHROPOGENIC STRESSORS; GENETIC DIVERSITY; INFRALITTORAL COMMUNITIES; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

BIODIVERSITY;

ABUNDANCE; BIODIVERSITY; EXTINCTION; INTRODUCED SPECIES; INVASIVE SPECIES; NICHE OVERLAP; POPULATION DECLINE;

ALGA; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; CAULERPA; CYPRINODONTIFORMES; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; FISH; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HABITAT STRUCTURE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MARINE SPECIES; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MUSSEL; NONHUMAN; RISK ASSESSMENT; STARFISH;

ALGAE, GREEN; ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; FISHES; MARINE BIOLOGY; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MOLLUSCA; PENAEIDAE;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 34047264327     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2006.11.008     Document Type: Article

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