First record of the colonial ascidian Didemnum vexillum Kott, 2002 in the Mediterranean: Lagoon of Venice (Italy)

BioInvasions Records

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 247-254

  Tagliapietra, Davide ^a   Keppel, Erica ^a   Sigovini, Marco ^a   Lambert, Gretchen ^b,c  

^a INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCES   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ascidian; Didemnum vexillum; Fouling; Invasive species; Lagoon of Venice; Marinas; Mediterranean

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873952582     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22421300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3391/bir.2012.1.4.02     Document Type: Article

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