Truth and consequences: The bioinvasion of the Mediterranean Sea

Integrative Zoology

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 299-311

  Galil, Bella Sarah ^a  

^a ISRAEL OCEANOGRAPHIC AND LIMNOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Israel)

Author keywords

Alien; Gelatinous; Inventories; Mediterranean sea; Trends; Vectors

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CTENOPHORA; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GEOGRAPHY; INTRODUCED SPECIES; JELLYFISH; MARINE BIOLOGY; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS;

ANIMALS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; CTENOPHORA; DEMOGRAPHY; GEOGRAPHY; INTRODUCED SPECIES; MARINE BIOLOGY; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; SCYPHOZOA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

CTENOPHORA (COELENTERATES); SCYPHOZOA;

EID: 84868259662     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17494877     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-4877.2012.00307.x     Document Type: Article

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