Invading the adriatic: Spatial patterns of marine alien species across the ionian-adriatic boundary

Aquatic Biology

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 107-118

  Katsanevakis, Stelios ^a   Zenetos, Argyro ^a   Mačić, Vesna ^b   Beqiraj, Sajmir ^c   Poursanidis, Dimitrios ^d,e   Kashta, Lefter ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Greece)

^b Institute of Marine Biology   (Montenegro)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TIRANA   (Albania)

^d WWF Hellas   (Greece)

^e UNIVERSITY OF THE AEGEAN   (Greece)

Author keywords

Adriatic sea; Albania; Alien; Biological invasion; Detectability; Ionian sea; Montenegro; Occupancy

Indexed keywords

ASPARAGOPSIS TAXIFORMIS; CAULERPA; CAULERPA RACEMOSA; GANONEMA FARINOSUM; LOPHOCLADIA LALLEMANDII; PERCNON GIBBESI; PINCTADA; PINCTADA RADIATA;

EID: 80052748527     PISSN: 18647782     EISSN: 18647790     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/ab00357     Document Type: Article

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