New Arrivals: An Indicator for Non-indigenous Species Introductions at Different Geographical Scales
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1 Marine Science and Technology Centre, Klaipėda University, Klaipėda, Lithuania, 2 Open Access Centre for Marine Research, Klaipėda University, Klaipėda, Lithuania, 3 GoConsult, Hamburg, Germany, 4 Marine Research Center, Finnish Environment Institute, Helsinki, Finland, 5 Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy, 6 Marine Organism Investigations, Killaloe, Ireland
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