The state-of-art on alien species in the Mediterranean Sea is presented, making distinctions
among the four subregions defined in the EU Marine Strategy Framework Directive:(i) the …

A re-examination of marine alien species or Non Indigenous Species (NIS) reported in
Italian Seas, until December 2018, is provided, focusing on establishment success, year of …

The paper provides a list of the non-indigenous animal species occurring today in Italian
inland waters. Xenodiversity was found to amount to 112 species (64 invertebrates and 48 …

This paper is the first attempt to compile a list of the non-indigenous aquatic invertebrate
species currently known to occur in the Ebro River basin (Northeast Spain). A total of 23 …

Hypersaline lakes in arid and semi-arid areas are unique ecosystems that harbour unique
extremophile organisms such as Artemia, the paradigmatic example of adaptation to harsh …

Parthenogenesis is an asexual reproduction mode characterized by the development of a
female oocyte without fertilization. From an evolutionary perspective, parthenogenesis …

Thirty-eight nonindigenous marine species (NIS)(macroalgae, sponges, hydrozoans,
molluscs, polychaetes, crustaceans, ascidiaceans and fish), are reported from the Apulian …

Resurrection ecology (RE) is a very powerful approach to address a wide range of question
in ecology and evolution. This approach rests on using appropriate model systems, and only …

The large branchiopod crustaceans (fairy shrimp, tadpole shrimp, and clam shrimp) of India
have been examined with varying degrees of scientific rigour since the late 1800s. Although …

Cysts of the brine shrimp Artemia franciscana are harvested from the Great Salt Lake (GSL)
and San Francisco Bay (SFB) saltworks in the USA, and marketed worldwide to provide live …