Invading the Mediterranean Sea: Biodiversity patterns shaped by human activities

Frontiers in Marine Science

Volumn 1, Issue SEP, 2014, Pages

  Katsanevakis, Stelios ^a   Coll, Marta ^b   Piroddi, Chiara ^a   Steenbeek, Jeroen ^c   Lasram, Frida Ben Rais ^d   Zenetos, Argyro ^e   Cardoso, Ana Cristina ^a  

^a JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^b INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^c Ecopath International Initiative Research Association   (Spain)

^d INSTITUT NATIONAL AGRONOMIQUE DE TUNISIE   (Tunisia)

^e INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Greece)

Author keywords

Alien species; Aquaculture; Biodiversity patterns; Biological invasions; Lessepsian migrants; Pathways; Shipping

Indexed keywords

EID: 85008883000     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22967745     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fmars.2014.00032     Document Type: Article

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