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Non-native oyster Crassostrea gigas in the eastern Adriatic Sea

The Pacific oyster, Crassostrea gigas, was introduced into the Europe in the late 1960s for aquaculture purposes and has since spread extensively in Mediterranean waters. For the first time along the Eastern Adriatic coast, screening of the four ecologically most suitable bays was conducted with aim to detect the possible presence of non-native oysters.

Pacific oyster, invasion, Adriatic Sea, ecological impact, European flat oyster

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