The African continent was colonised at least six times independently. For Stenophysa, the phylogeny suggests two independent transoceanic dispersal events into Africa and the Indian Ocean islands. Physella acuta occurs not only in artificial or highly disturbed habitats but also in large natural lakes...
When I first set foot in Western Australia’s Pilbara, a landscape holding 3.5-billion-year-old clues to the beginning of life, I was very disappointed. The year was 1994. I drove excitedly out of the west coast town of Port Hedland, but all I saw for the first 150 kilometers were ...
(Bonnemaisoniales, Rhodophyta), native from southern Australia and New Zealand, is identified as an invasive species and widely distributed in the Mediterranean and Atlantic coasts of Europe including Portugal [2,3]. This temperate alga can overcome the ecological barriers and colonise diverse ...