Errata to the Review Article (Medit. Mar. Sci. 11/2, 2010, 381-493): Alien species in the Mediterranean Sea by 2010. A contribution to the application of European Union’s Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD). Part I. Spatial distribution
| Autor: | Adriana Giangrande, Carla Morri, Murat Bilecenoglu, G. San Martín, M. C. Gambi, Melih Ertan Çinar, D. Violanti, J. E. García Raso, I. Siokou, Carlo Nike Bianchi, N. Streftaris, Α. Zingone, Alfonso A. Ramos-Esplá, Francesco Mastrototaro, Marc Verlaque, Tuncer Katağan, Ernesto Azzurro, Adriano Sfriso, Serge Gofas, Enric Ballesteros, Carlo Froglia, Ο. Ocana, Argyro Zenetos |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Universidad de Alicante. Departamento de Ciencias del Mar y Biología Aplicada, Biología Marina |
| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2011 |
| Předmět: |
0106 biological sciences
Mediterranean climate Environmental Engineering Biogeography Biodiversity Alien species Introduced species Aquatic Science Biology Oceanography 010603 evolutionary biology 01 natural sciences lcsh:Aquaculture. Fisheries. Angling Marine Strategy Framework Directive Mediterranean sea Mediterranean Sea media_common.cataloged_instance Zoología 14. Life underwater Biological invasions European union Ecology Evolution Behavior and Systematics media_common lcsh:SH1-691 Ecology 010604 marine biology & hydrobiology 15. Life on land Fishery Distribution 2010 Species richness Marine aliens |
| Zdroj: | Mediterranean Marine Science, Vol 12, Iss 2, Pp 509-514 (2011) Mediterranean Marine Science; Τόμ. 12 Αρ. 2 (2011); 509-514 Mediterranean Marine Science; Vol. 12 No. 2 (2011); 509-514 RUA. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Alicante Universidad de Alicante (UA) |
| ISSN: | 1791-6763 1108-393X |
| Popis: | The state-of-art on alien species in the Mediterranean Sea is presented, making distinctions among the four subregions defined in the EU Marine Strategy Framework Directive: (i) the Western Mediterranean Sea (WMED); (ii) the Central Mediterranean Sea (CMED); (iii) the Adriatic Sea (ADRIA); and (iv) the Eastern Mediterranean Sea (EMED). The updated checklist (December 2010) of marine alien species within each subregion, along with their acclimatization status and origin, is provided. A total of 955 alien species is known in the Mediterranean, the vast majority of them having being introduced in the EMED (718), less in the WMED (328) and CMED (267) and least in the Adriatic (171). Of these, 535 species (56%) are established in at least one area.Despite the collective effort of experts who attempted in this work, the number of introduced species remains probably underestimated. Excluding microalgae, for which knowledge is still insufficient, aliens have increased the total species richness of the Mediterranean Sea by 5.9%. This figure should not be directly read as an indication of higher biodiversity, as spreading of so many aliens within the basin is possibly causing biotic homogenization. Thermophilic species, i.e. Indo-Pacific, Indian Ocean, Red Sea, Tropical Atlantic, Tropical Pacific, and circum(sub)tropical, account for 88.4% of the introduced species in the EMED, 72.8% in the CMED, 59.3% in the WMED and 56.1% in the Adriatic. Cold water species, i.e. circumboreal, N Atlantic, and N Pacific, make up a small percentage of the introduced species, ranging between 4.2% and 21.6% and being more numerous in the Adriatic and less so in the EMED.Species that are classified as invasive or potentially invasive are 134 in the whole of the Mediterranean: 108 are present in the EMED, 76 in the CMED, 53 in the Adriatic and 64 in the WMED. The WMED hosts most invasive macrophytes, whereas the EMED has the lion’s share in polychaetes, crustaceans, molluscs and fish. |
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