Increasing Polychaete diversity as a consequence of increasing research effort in Greek waters: New records and exotic species

Mediterranean Marine Science

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 75-88

  Simboura, N ^a   Zenetos, A ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Greece)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Checklist; Exotic; Greece; Lessepsians; Polychaeta

Indexed keywords

EID: 76549112139     PISSN: 1108393X     EISSN: 17916763     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12681/mms.194     Document Type: Article

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