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Alien Marine Fishes Deplete Algal Biomass in the Eastern Mediterranean

One of the most degraded states of the Mediterranean rocky infralittoral ecosystem is a barren composed solely of bare rock and patches of crustose coralline algae. Barrens are typically created by the grazing action of large sea urchin populations. In 2008 we observed extensive areas almost devoid...

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Main Authors: Sala, Enric, Kizilkaya, Zafer, Yildirim, Derya, Ballesteros, Enric
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Public Library of Science 2011
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3043076/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21364943
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0017356
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