Global sea warming and “tropicalization” of the Mediterranean Sea: biogeographic and ecological aspects

By Nike Bianchi Carlo, C. Morri. 2003

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Long-term changes in hydroid (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa) assemblages: effect of Mediterranean warming? (2009, methodology): “by Boero & Fresi (1986) and are not applicable to the studied material due to misidentification or to nomenclatural update.”
Update of marine alien species in Hellenic waters (2005, unknown): “…of thermophilic species in the Mediterranean, either indigenous or alien, the so-called tropicalization of the Mediterranean has been attributed to the combination of four factors, namely: the Atlantic flux, lessepsian migration, human action and present climate warming (BIANCHI & MORRI, 2003).”
Invading the Mediterranean Sea: biodiversity patterns shaped by human activities (2014, background): “The high incidence of alien species of tropical affinity and origin is driving the eastern Mediterranean biota toward a phase of “tropicalization” (Bianchi and Morri, 2003).”
The Biodiversity of the Mediterranean Sea: Estimates, Patterns, and Threats (2010, background): “The appearance of numerous allochthonous species of tropical origin is leading to what is called the ‘‘tropicalization’’ of the Mediterranean Sea [384].”