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Mediterranean Biodiversity

Consequences of the marine climate and ecosystem shift of the 1980-90s on the Ligurian Sea biodiversity (NW Mediterranean)

C. N. BianchiDiSTAV (Department of Earth, Environmental and Life Sciences), University of Genoa, Genova, ItalyORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-1071-3285
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A. AzzolaDiSTAV (Department of Earth, Environmental and Life Sciences), University of Genoa, Genova, Italy
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M. BertolinoDiSTAV (Department of Earth, Environmental and Life Sciences), University of Genoa, Genova, ItalyORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-3233-303X
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F. BettiDiSTAV (Department of Earth, Environmental and Life Sciences), University of Genoa, Genova, ItalyORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-5492-2655
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M. BoDiSTAV (Department of Earth, Environmental and Life Sciences), University of Genoa, Genova, ItalyORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-8400-6722
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R. Cattaneo-ViettiDiSTAV (Department of Earth, Environmental and Life Sciences), University of Genoa, Genova, ItalyORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-3991-9116
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S. CocitoENEA (Italian Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development), Marine Environment Research Centre, La Spezia, ItalyORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-5607-7002
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M. MontefalconeDiSTAV (Department of Earth, Environmental and Life Sciences), University of Genoa, Genova, ItalyORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-3851-1880
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C. MorriDiSTAV (Department of Earth, Environmental and Life Sciences), University of Genoa, Genova, ItalyORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-4520-2741
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A. OprandiDiSTAV (Department of Earth, Environmental and Life Sciences), University of Genoa, Genova, Italy
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A. PeiranoENEA (Italian Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development), Marine Environment Research Centre, La Spezia, ItalyORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-8847-1760
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G. BavestrelloDiSTAV (Department of Earth, Environmental and Life Sciences), University of Genoa, Genova, ItalyCorrespondence[email protected]
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Pages 458-487 | Received 05 Jun 2019, Accepted 21 Oct 2019, Published online: 19 Nov 2019

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