Microcosmus exasperatus population density and significant wave height measurements throughout the sampling period. The boxplots visually convey the distribution of M. exasperatus density, with black dots denoting individual samples and red triangles denoting outliers. The dashed line and filled dots present the monthly maximum significant wave height values. The numbers on top of the boxplots represent the number of belts surveyed each month Wave data courtesy of the Israel Oceanographic and Limnological Research.

 
 
  Part of: Golanski DB, Nachmias A, Kahn G, Fireman A, Hepner Ucko O, Shenkar N, Yahel G (2025) Massive colonization by the solitary ascidian Microcosmus exasperatus Heller, 1878, on the sandy bottom of the Israeli littoral. In: Fowler A, Robinson T, Bortolus A, Canning-Clode J, Therriault T (Eds) Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Marine Bioinvasions. Aquatic Invasions 20(1): 53-68. https://doi.org/10.3391/ai.2025.20.1.131343