Biogeographical homogeneity in the eastern Mediterranean Sea. II. Temporal variation in Lebanese bivalve biota

Aquatic Biology

关键词: Mediterranean Sea;    Lebanon;    Mollusca;    Bivalvia;    Alien species;    Faunal changes;   

DOI  :  10.3354/ab00521

学科分类：生物科学（综合）

来源: Inter-Research

【 摘 要 】

ABSTRACT: Lebanon (eastern Mediterranean Sea) is an area of particular biogeographic significance for studying the structure of eastern Mediterranean marine biodiversity and its recent changes. Based on literature records and original samples, we review here the knowledge of the Lebanese marine bivalve biota, tracing its changes during the last 170 yr. The updated checklist of bivalves of Lebanon yielded a total of 114 species (96 native and 18 alien taxa), accounting for ca. 26.5% of the known Mediterranean Bivalvia and thus representing a particularly poor fauna. Analysis of the 21 taxa historically described on Lebanese material only yielded 2 available names. Records of 24 species are new for the Lebanese fauna, and

【 授权许可】

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