Introduced marine species in Croatian waters (Eastern Adriatic sea)

Mediterranean Marine Science

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 224-237

  Pecarevic M ^a   Mikus J ^a   Bratos Cetinic A ^a   Dulcic J ^b   Calic M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUBROVNIK   (Croatia)

^b INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY AND FISHERIES   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Adriatic sea; Alien species; Croatia; Mediterranean Sea; Range expansion

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878183531     PISSN: 1108393X     EISSN: 17916763     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12681/mms.383     Document Type: Article

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