The solitary ascidian Herdmania momus: Native (Red Sea) versus non-indigenous (Mediterranean) populations

Biological Invasions

Volumn 10, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1431-1439

  Shenkar, N ^a   Loya, Y ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Anthropogenic transport; Ascidians; Lessepsian migration; Marine bioinvasion

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; BREEDING SEASON; DISPERSAL; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; FIELD SURVEY; FOOD AVAILABILITY; HUMAN ACTIVITY; INVERTEBRATE; LIFE HISTORY; NATIVE SPECIES; WATER TEMPERATURE;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIAN OCEAN; ISRAEL; MEDITERRANEAN COAST [ISRAEL]; MIDDLE EAST; RED SEA [INDIAN OCEAN];

ASCIDIA; ASCIDIACEA; COPEPODA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); HERDMANIA MOMUS;

EID: 54849413888     PISSN: 13873547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10530-008-9217-2     Document Type: Article

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