Genetic evidence for wide distribution of the alien prawn-goby, Vanderhorstia mertensi (Actinopterygii: Perciformes: Gobiidae), along the northeast Mediterranean

Acta Ichthyologica et Piscatoria

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 153-156

  Yokes, Mehmet Baki ^a   Bilecenoglu, Murat ^b   Goren, Menachem ^c   Galil, Bella S ^d   Diamant, Arik ^e  

^a HALIC UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ADNAN MENDERES UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Israel)

^e NATIONAL CENTER FOR MARICULTURE   (Israel)

Author keywords

16s rDNA; Alien species; Gobiidae; Mediterranean sea; Turkey; Vanderhorstia mertensi

Indexed keywords

ACTINOPTERYGII; ALPHEIDAE; CALLOGOBIUS ATRATUS; CRUSTACEA; GOBIIDAE; PERCIFORMES; VANDERHORSTIA;

EID: 71949090492     PISSN: 01371592     EISSN: 17341515     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3750/AIP2009.39.2.11     Document Type: Article

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