Early stages of establishment of the non-indigenous ascidian herdmania momus (Savigny, 1816) in shallow and deep water environments on natural substrates in the mediterranean sea

BioInvasions Records

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 77-81

  Gewing, Mey Tal ^a   Rothman, Shevy B S ^a   Nagar, Lilach Raijman ^a   Shenkar, Noa ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Ascidians; Lessepsian migration; Marine bioinvasion; Recreational divers

Indexed keywords

EID: 84924882285     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22421300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3391/bir.2014.3.2.04     Document Type: Article

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