Alien marine species of Libya: First inventory and new records in El-Kouf National Park (Cyrenaica) and the neighbouring areas

Mediterranean Marine Science

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 451-462

  Bazairi, H ^a   Sghaier, Y R ^b   Benamer, I ^c   Langar, H ^d   Pergent, G ^e   Bourass, E M ^f   Verlaque, M ^g   Soussi, J Ben ^h   Zenetos, A ⁱ  

^a FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES   (Morocco)

^b Regional Activity Centre for Specially Protected Areas (RAC/SPA)   (Tunisia)

^c OMAR AL MUKHTAR UNIVERSITY   (Libyan Arab Jamahiriya)

^d FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES DE TUNIS   (Tunisia)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DE CORSE   (France)

^f Nature Conservation Department   (Libyan Arab Jamahiriya)

^g AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^h INSTITUT NATIONAL AGRONOMIQUE DE TUNISIE   (Tunisia)

ⁱ INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Greece)

Author keywords

Libya; Marine aliens; Marine protected area; Mediterranean sea

Indexed keywords

EID: 84897610269     PISSN: 1108393X     EISSN: 17916763     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12681/mms.351     Document Type: Article

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