Hydrozoan species richness in the Mediterranean Sea: Past and present

Marine Ecology

Volumn 34, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2013, Pages 41-62

  Gravili, Cinzia ^a,d   Di Camillo, Cristina Gioia ^b   Piraino, Stefano ^a,d   Boero, Ferdinando ^a,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALENTO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

^c CNR   (Italy)

^d CoNISMa Consorzio Nazionale Interuniversitario per le Scienze del Mare ^*  (Italy)

Author keywords

Hydrozoa; Mediterranean Sea; Nonindigenous species; Zoogeography

Indexed keywords

BENTHOS; NEW SPECIES; RANGE EXPANSION; SPECIES RICHNESS; TAXONOMY; ZOOGEOGRAPHY;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 84874013534     PISSN: 01739565     EISSN: 14390485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/maec.12023     Document Type: Article

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