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Cossman, 1903, and Houartiella alboranensis n. sp. from the Mediterranean Sea. Boll Malacol
32(1–4):27–34
Spalding MD, Fox HE, Allen GR et al (2007) Marine ecoregions of the world: A bioregionalization
of coastal and shelf areas. Bio Science 57(7):573–583
Stachowicz JJ, Whitlatch RB, Osman RW (1999) Species diversity and invasion resistance in a
marine ecosystem. Science 286(5444):1577–1579
Steindachner, F. (1868) Ichthyologischer Bericht über eine nach Spanien und Portugal
unternommene Reise. Übersicht der Meerefische im den Kusten Spanien und Portugal. Sitzber.
Akad. Wiss. Wien, t. 57, 73 pp.
Steininger FF, Rögl F (1979) The paratethys history. A contribution towards the Neogene
geodynamics of the alpine orogene. Ann Geol Pays Hell 3:1153–1165
Terrón-Sigler A, León-Muez D, Peñalver-Duque P et al (2015) Geographic distribution of Astroides
calycularis (Scleractinia: Dendrophylliidae) as a baseline to assess future human impacts on the
Southern Iberian Peninsula. J Mar Biol Assoc UK 96:1–9
Timplis NM, Josey SA (2001) Forcing of the Mediterranean Sea by atmospheric oscillations over
the North Atlantic. Geophys Res Lett 28:803–806
Tomas J, Mons JL, Martín JL et al (2002) Study of the first reported nest of loggerhead sea turtle,
Caretta, in the Spanish Mediterranean Coast. J Mar Biol Assoc UK 82:1005–1007
Tudela S, Kai A, Maynou F et al (2005) Driftnet fishing and biodiversity conservation: the case
study of the large-scale Moroccan driftnet fleet operating in the Alboran Sea
(SW Mediterranean). Biol Conserv 121(1):65–78
UNEP-MAP-RAC/SPA (2015) Alboran Sea: Status of open seas fisheries. In: Cebrian D, Requena
S (eds) By Báez Barrionuevo, JC. RAC/SPA, Tunis 93 p. Available via http://www.rac-spa.org/
sites/default/files/doc_open_seas/alboran_sea_fisheries.pdf. Accessed 30 Sep 2018
Urra J, Gofas S, Rueda JL et al (2017) Biodiversity and biogeographical patterns of molluscan
assemblages in vegetated and unvegetated habitats in the northern. Alboran Sea
(W Mediterranean Sea) Mar Biodivers 47(1):187–201
Vargas-Yáñez M, Moya F, García-Martínez M et al (2009) Relationships between Octopus vulgaris
landings and environmental factors in the northern Alboran Sea (Southwestern Mediterranean).
Fish Res 99:159–167
Vargas-Yáñez M, Plaza F, García-Lafuente J, Sarhan T, Vargas JM, Vélez-Belchí P (2002) About
the seasonal variability of the Alboran Sea circulation. J Marine Syst 35:229–248
Vicente-Serrano SM, López-Moreno JI, Lorenzo-Lacruz J (2011) The NAO impact on droughts in
the Mediterranean region. In: Vicente-Serrano SM, Trigo RM (Eds) Hydrological, Socioeconomic and Ecological Impacts of the North Atlantic Oscillation in the Mediterranean Region.
Adv Glob Chang Res 46, 23–40
Weitzmann B, Mercader L, Azzurro E (2015) First sighting of Zebrasoma flavescens (Teleostei:
Acanthuridae) and Balistoides conspicillum (Teleostei: Balistidae) in the Mediterranean Sea:
Two likely aquarium releases. Mediterr Mar Sci 16(1):147–150
Zanolla M, Altamirano M, Carmona R et al (2018) Assessing global range expansion in a cryptic
species complex: insights from the red seaweed genus Asparagopsis (Florideophyceae). J
Phycol 54:12–24
Zazo C, Goy JL, Dabrio CJ, Azcárate B, Hillaire-Marcel C, Ghaleb B, González-Delgado J-Á, Soler
V (2003) Pleistocene raised marine terraces of the Spanish Mediterranean and Atlantic coasts:
records of coastal uplift, sea-level highstands and climate changes. Mar Geol 194(1–2):103–133
Zenetos A, Cinar ME, Pancucci-Papadopoulou MA et al (2005) Annotated list of marine alien
species in the Mediterranean with records of the worst invasive species Mediterr. Mar Sci 6
(2):63–118
11 Biogeographical and Macroecological Context of the Alboran Sea
457