The Suez Canal is the main pathway of introduction of alien species into the Mediterranean Sea. Its successive enlargements left the entire sea prone to colonization by highly impacting invasive alien species, including poisonous and venomous ones. The temporal and spatial extent of occurrence in...

This chapter presents the Mediterranean Action Plan (MAP) and the Blue Plan, and their coverage, key components and future perspectives. The MAP aims to prevent pollution of the Mediterranean by dumping from ships and from aircraft, and to control pollution of the Mediterranean by oil and other...

The Styphlotrematidae is an enigmatic family of plagiorchioid digeneans found in the intestine of marine turtles and marine fish in Mediterranean Sea and western Atlantic Ocean. This chapter describes the taxonomic history and diagnostic characteristics of the family. The type species of the only...

This book provides a comprehensive analysis of the economic value of Mediterranean forests, including not just commonly measured benefits such as timber but also, more importantly, the public goods and externalities they provide. It consists of 25 chapters structured into 3 parts: part 1 provides...