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RESEARCH PRODUCT

DO INVASIVE MACROALGAE INFLUENCE ASSOCIATED MOLLUSC DIVERSITY IN THE MEDITERRANEAN SEA ?

R D'agostaroMarco MilazzoRenato Chemello

subject

Settore BIO/07 - EcologiaAlien species Biodiversity Algae Mollusca Tyrrhenian Sea

description

The benthic molluscs associated to the non-indigenous red algae Asparagopsis taxiformis invading the Mediterranean rocky subtidal were compared with those associated to a native brown alga. The results showed a marked difference in species richness and abundance between native and non-native algal species.

http://hdl.handle.net/10447/98626