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Safeguarding Marine Biodiversity in a Changing World: Maltese Small-Scale Fisheries and Alien Species
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2018
Selected Studies in Biodiversity
Right in the center of the Mediterranean Sea, the Maltese Islands are well situated for monitoring regional marine biodiversity changes. Among the latter are the increasing alien species coming in through the Suez Channel and the Straits of Gibraltar or brought in through various anthropogenic vectors. The non-native species that turn into invasive do not only affect native marine communities but also the aging and shrinking Maltese small-scale fisheries (SSF) community. SSF are predicted to go
doi:10.5772/intechopen.76609
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