Tracking the origin of the invading Caulerpa (Caulerpales, Chlorophyta) with Geographic Profiling, a criminological technique for a killer alga

Biological Invasions

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1613-1621

  Papini, Alessio ^a   Mosti, Stefano ^a   Santosuosso, Ugo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b Histology and Legal Medicine ^*  (Italy)

Author keywords

Algae; Biological invasion; Caulerpa; Geographic Profiling; Mediterranean Sea

Indexed keywords

AQUARIUM; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; DATA SET; GREEN ALGA; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; TRACKING;

CANARY ISLANDS; ITALY; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MONACO; SANTA CRUZ DE TENERIFE [(PRV) CANARY ISLANDS]; SICILY; SPAIN; TENERIFE;

ALGAE; CAULERPA; CAULERPA RACEMOSA; CAULERPA RACEMOSA F. CYLINDRACEA; CAULERPA TAXIFOLIA; CAULERPALES; CHLOROPHYTA;

EID: 84879130515     PISSN: 13873547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10530-012-0396-5     Document Type: Article

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