Impacts of invasive alien marine species on ecosystem services and biodiversity: A pan-European review

Aquatic Invasions

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 391-423

  Katsanevakis, Stelios ^a   Wallentinus, Inger ^b   Zenetos, Argyro ^c   Leppäkoski, Erkki ^d   Çinar, Melih Ertan ^e   Oztürk, Bayram ^f   Grabowski, Michal ^g   Golani, Daniel ^h   Cardoso, Ana Cristina ^a  

^a JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^c INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Greece)

^d ÅBO AKADEMI UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^e EGE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^f ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^g UNIVERSITY OF LODZ   (Poland)

^h HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Biological invasions; Evidence; High impact aliens; Impact assessment; Provisioning services; Regulating and maintenance

Indexed keywords

EID: 84912046427     PISSN: 17986540     EISSN: 18185487     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3391/ai.2014.9.4.01     Document Type: Article

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