Citizen science detects the undetected: The case of Abudefduf saxatilis from the mediterranean sea

Management of Biological Invasions

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 167-170

  Azzurro, Ernesto ^a   Broglio, Elisabetta ^b   Maynou, Francesc ^b   Bariche, Michel ^c  

^a INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AND RESEARCH ISPRA   (Italy)

^b INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

^c AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

Biological invasions; Citizen science; Non indigenous fish; Pomacentridae; Western Mediterranean Sea

Indexed keywords

EID: 84899491828     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19898649     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3391/mbi.2013.4.2.10     Document Type: Article

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