Evolution of the entrance rate and of the spatio-temporal distribution of Lessepsian Mollusca in the Mediterranean Sea

Journal of Biological Research

Volumn 17, Issue , 2012, Pages 81-96

  Tzomos, Theodoros ^a   Kitsos, Miltiadis Spyridon ^a   Koutsoubas, Drosos ^b   Koukouras, Athanasios ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE AEGEAN   (Greece)

Author keywords

Lessepsian migration; Mediterranean Sea; Mollusca

Indexed keywords

BIVALVIA; CEPHALOPODA; GASTROPODA; MOLLUSCA; POLYPLACOPHORA;

EID: 84858052730     PISSN: 1790045X     EISSN: 1790045X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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