Census of biodiversity in marine caves of the eastern Mediterranean Sea

Mediterranean Marine Science

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 245-265

  Gerovasileiou, V ^a,b   Chintiroglou, C C ^a   Vafidis, D ^c   Koutsoubas, D ^d   Sini, M ^d   Dailianis, T ^b   Issaris, Y ^b   Akritopoulou, E ^d   Dimarchopoulou, D ^a   Voultsiadou, E ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

^d UNIVERSITY OF THE AEGEAN   (Greece)

Author keywords

Aegean Sea; Biodiversity; Eastern Mediterranean; Levantine; Marine caves; Marine Strategy Framework Directive

Indexed keywords

EID: 84924913590     PISSN: 1108393X     EISSN: 17916763     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12681/mms.1069     Document Type: Article

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