Alien biodiversity in Mediterranean marine caves

Marine Ecology

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 239-256

  Gerovasileiou, Vasilis ^a,b   Voultsiadou, Eleni ^b   Issaris, Yiannis ^a   Zenetos, Argyro ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Greece)

^b ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Invasions; Marine aliens; Marine caves; Mediterranean sea

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; CAVE; CAVERNICOLOUS SPECIES; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; INTRODUCED SPECIES; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NEW SPECIES; SPECIES INVENTORY;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

BRYOZOA; CNIDARIA; CRUSTACEA; MOLLUSCA; PISCES; POLYCHAETA; UROCHORDATA;

EID: 84959300385     PISSN: 01739565     EISSN: 14390485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/maec.12268     Document Type: Review

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