The invasive tropical scyphozoan Rhopilema nomadica Galil, 1990 reaches the Tunisian coast of the Mediterranean Sea

BioInvasions Records

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 319-323

  Yahia, Mohamed Néjib Daly ^a   Yahia, Ons Kéfi Daly ^b   Gueroun, Sonia Khadija Maïte ^a   Aissi, Mehdi ^a   Deidun, Alan ^c   Fuentes, Veronica ^d   Piraino, Stefano ^e  

^a Struggle and Prevention   (Tunisia)

^b FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES DE TUNIS   (Tunisia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MALTA   (Malta)

^d INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SALENTO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Invasive species; Jellyfish; South Western Mediterranean

Indexed keywords

EID: 85027873845     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22421300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3391/bir.2013.2.4.10     Document Type: Article

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