Metamorphoses: Bioinvasions in the mediterranean sea

The Mediterranean Sea: Its History and Present Challenges

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 463-478

  Galil, B S ^a   Goren, Menachem ^b  

^a ISRAEL OCEANOGRAPHIC AND LIMNOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Alien; Jellyfish; Mediterranean sea; Propagule pressure; Trends; Trophic levels; Vectors

Indexed keywords

EID: 84966737882     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-6704-1_27     Document Type: Chapter

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