Effects of Caulerpa racemosa invasion on soft-bottom assemblages in the Western Mediterranean Sea

Biological Invasions

Volumn 13, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 2677-2690

  Pacciardi, Lorenzo ^a   De Biasi, Anna Maria ^a   Piazzi, Luigi ^a  

^a Centro Interuniversitario di Biologia Marina ed Ecologia Applicata   (Italy)

Author keywords

Alpha diversity; Beta diversity; Biological invasions; Caulerpa racemosa; Epifauna; Infauna; Western Mediterranean Sea

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; ECOSYSTEM ENGINEERING; EPIFAUNA; GREEN ALGA; HOMOGENEITY; PHYTOBENTHOS; SPATIAL VARIATION;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA (WEST);

ALGAE; CAULERPA; CAULERPA RACEMOSA; CAULERPA RACEMOSA F. CYLINDRACEA;

EID: 80255126241     PISSN: 13873547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10530-011-9938-5     Document Type: Article

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