Trend in aliens species in the Mediterranean. An answer to Galil, 2009 »Taking stock: Inventory of alien species in the Mediterranean Sea»

Biological Invasions

Volumn 12, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 3379-3381

  Zenetos, Argyro ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Greece)

Author keywords

Alien species; Atlantic origin; Mediterranean

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955772460     PISSN: 13873547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10530-009-9679-x     Document Type: Letter

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