Alien foraminifers from Greek coastal areas (Aegean Sea, Eastern Mediterranean)

Mediterranean Marine Science

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 155-172

  Koukousioura, O ^a   Dimiza, M D ^a   Triantaphyllou, M V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Benthic foraminifera; Lessepsian migration; Mediterranean Sea

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955974002     PISSN: 1108393X     EISSN: 17916763     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12681/mms.98     Document Type: Article

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