CIESM Atlas of Exotic Species in the Mediterranean

CIESM Atlas of Exotic Species in the Mediterranean
The first three groups to appear in this collection are the fishes, the crustaceans decapods/stomatopods and the molluscs. Our lists of species include both "Established" species and "Alien" species. Those lists are arranged by family name in the customary sequence and will provide direct access to the species sheets. It is followed by an annotated list of species long considered "exotic" in the literature but now, after careful examination, excluded by the task force for various reasons (misidentification, indigenous species falsely identified as alien or exotic, lack of preserved material, habitat not sufficiently studied, doubtful records, deep water records, date cutoff, very old records & cryptogenic species, etc.).
Vol. 1 – Fishes, by D. Golani, L. Orsi-Relini, E. Massutí and J.P. Quignard List of exotic fishes species in the Mediterranean List of excluded fishes Order Vol. 1. Fishes – CIESM Atlas of Exotic Species in the Mediterranean (256 p. with original color illustrations - published in April 2002)
Vol. 2 – Crustaceans decapods and stomatopods, by B. Galil, C. Froglia and P. Noël List of exotic crustaceans species in the Mediterranean List of excluded crustaceans Order Vol. 2. Crustaceans – CIESM Atlas of Exotic Species in the Mediterranean (192 p. with original color illustrations - published in October 2002)
Vol. 3 – Molluscs, by A. Zenetos, S. Gofas, G. Russo and J. Templado List of exotic molluscs species in the Mediterranean List of excluded molluscs Order Vol. 3. Molluscs – CIESM Atlas of Exotic Species in the Mediterranean (376 p. with original color illustrations - published in February 2004)
Vol. 4 – Macrophytes, by M. Verlaque, S. Ruitton, F. Mineur and C.F. Boudouresque List of exotic macrophytes species with distribution maps
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Link to NISbase `Since September 2004, the CIESM Atlases of Exotic Species have joined NISbase, a distributed database managed by the Smithsonian Institute, aiming at a census of all non indigenous aquatic species introduced around the world.` -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------