"Invasive Macrophyte Species in the Mediterranean Sea: An Update"

More generally, this invasive trend may cause, also, social and economic impacts [15,16].Worldwide, the financial costs of biological invasions have been estimated to be US $1.288 trillion in the period 1970-2017 [17].The high number of NIS and IAS species, actually widespread in the basin, makes the Mediterranean Sea a real hotspot for bio invasions [18][19][20][21].Amongst the main abiotic factors influencing the evolution of this invasive process, temperature is certainly one of the most important driving forces affecting the success or the