@article {3792, title = {The presence of Indo-Pacific symbiont-bearing foraminifer\ Amphistegina lobifera in Greek coastal ecosystems (Aegean Sea, Eastern Mediterranean)}, journal = {Mediterranean Marine Science}, volume = {10}, year = {2009}, pages = {73-85}, abstract = {

During the last decades, hundreds of species of Indo-Pacific origin from the Red Sea have traversed\ the Suez Canal and settled in the Eastern Mediterranean. Nowadays, Amphistegina lobifera Larsen, the\ most common epiphytic, symbiont- bearing large foraminifer, is known to be a successful immigrant that\ is widely distributed in the coastal ecosystems of the Eastern Mediterranean Sea. In this study, we provide\ additional sites of occurrences on distributional range and settlement of A. lobifera in the Greek coastal\ ecosystems. The high relative abundances recorded are the result of very successful inhabitation of this
species in the Aegean ecosystems and suggest that it has become significant part of the epiphytic\ foraminiferal fauna.

}, url = {http://www.medit-mar-sc.net/index.php/marine/article/view/111}, author = {Triantaphyllou, M., and Koukousioura, O., and Dimiza, M.,} }