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Title: | First record of diadema setosum (Leske, 1778) (echinodermata, echinoidea, diadematidae) from Lebanon, eastern mediterranean | Authors: | Nader, Manal Indary, Shadi A. |
Affiliations: | Institute of Environment Institute of Environment |
Keywords: | Diadema setosum Echinoidea Mediterranean Alien species |
Subjects: | Lebanon | Issue Date: | 2011 | Part of: | Aquatic invasions | Volume: | 6 | Issue: | S1 | Start page: | S23 | End page: | S25 | Abstract: | The Eastern Mediterranean basin is facing a high invasion rate of mainly Indo-Pacific species entering through the Suez Canal. The needlespined urchin, Diadema setosum, was first documented in the Mediterranean in 2006 off southern Turkey. The new record of D. setosum in September 2009 represents the first evidence of its presence in Lebanese coastal waters. |
URI: | https://scholarhub.balamand.edu.lb/handle/uob/2008 | Open URL: | Link to full text | Type: | Journal Article |
Appears in Collections: | Institute of the Environment |
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