@article {3607,
	title = {The freshwater fishes from eastern, and large Mediterranean islands with  comments on their safety status.},
	journal = {Acta Universitatis Carolinae-BiologicaActa Universitatis Carolinae-Biologica},
	volume = {40},
	number = {1-2},
	year = {1996},
	pages = {45-60},
	abstract = {About 16 native spawning species are reported in the Mediterranean islands. Among these, 10 are strictly Continental species (primary and primary-like freshwater fishes), and are present only in islands from epicontinental seas of the eastern Mediterranean area. The fish fauna of these islands is derived from the nearest continental ichthyogeographic district. The last fish fauna exchanges occurred during the ultimate continental phase of islands, dated  back to 14-18000 YA, when the last wurmian regression caused a sea lowering of about 100-120 m. In the largest islands (Crete, Cyprus,  Sicily, Sardinia, Corsica, Balearic Islands), there are only 6 peripheral species, 4 of these in common with several other islands. This lacking is possibly the result of instability of aquatic biotopes, and long isolation, at least Messinian (5.5 MYA) from the continent. In all islands there are no records of reproductive communities either of Sturgeons or Lampreys. Human  interferences have caused a deep alteration or drying up of freshwater biotopes especially in islands of high tourist pressures. Nearly all  freshwater fish species recorded from the eastern Mediterranean islands, are critically endangered or extinct.},
	keywords = {Pisces},
	author = {Bianco, P. G. and Ahnelt, H. and Economidis, P. S}
}
