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1. New records of non-indigenous species from the eastern Mediterranean Sea (Crustacea, Mollusca), with a revision of genus Isognomon (Mollusca: Bivalvia)

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Paolo G. Albano, Yuanyuan Hong, Jan Steger, Moriaki Yasuhara, Stefano Bartolini, Cesare Bogi, Marija Bošnjak, Marina Chiappi, Valentina Fossati, Mehmet Fatih Huseyinoglu, Carlos Jiménez, Hadas Lubinevsky, Arseniy R. Morov, Simona Noè, Magdalene Papatheodoulou, Vasilis Resaikos, Martin Zuschin, and Tamar Guy-Haim

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Crustacea, Mollusca, Taxonomy, Isognomonidae, Noetiidae, Biological invasions, Medicine, Biology (General), QH301-705.5
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We report new data on non-indigenous invertebrates from the Mediterranean Sea (four ostracods and 20 molluscs), including five new records for the basin: the ostracods Neomonoceratina iniqua, Neomonoceratina aff. mediterranea, Neomonoceratina cf. entomon, Loxoconcha cf. gisellae (Arthropoda: Crustacea)–the first records of non-indigenous ostracods in the Mediterranean–and the bivalve Striarca aff. symmetrica (Mollusca). Additionally, we report for the first time Electroma vexillum from Israel, and Euthymella colzumensis, Joculator problematicus, Hemiliostraca clandestina, Pyrgulina nana, Pyrgulina microtuber, Turbonilla cangeyrani, Musculus aff. viridulus and Isognomon bicolor from Cyprus. We also report the second record of Fossarus sp. and of Cerithiopsis sp. cf. pulvis in the Mediterranean Sea, the first live collected specimens of Oscilla galilae from Cyprus and the northernmost record of Gari pallida in Israel (and the Mediterranean). Moreover, we report the earliest records of Rugalucina angela, Ervilia scaliola and Alveinus miliaceus in the Mediterranean Sea, backdating their first occurrence in the basin by 3, 5 and 7 years, respectively. We provide new data on the presence of Spondylus nicobaricus and Nudiscintilla aff. glabra in Israel. Finally, yet importantly, we use both morphological and molecular approaches to revise the systematics of the non-indigenous genus Isognomon in the Mediterranean Sea, showing that two species currently co-occur in the basin: the Caribbean I. bicolor, distributed in the central and eastern Mediterranean, and the Indo-Pacific I. aff. legumen, at present reported only from the eastern Mediterranean and whose identity requires a more in-depth taxonomic study. Our work shows the need of taxonomic expertise and investigation, the necessity to avoid the unfounded sense of confidence given by names in closed nomenclature when the NIS belong to taxa that have not enjoyed ample taxonomic work, and the necessity to continue collecting samples–rather than relying on visual censuses and bio-blitzes–to enable accurate detection of non-indigenous species.

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2024
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2. Gaining a (tube) foothold – trends and status following two decades of the long-spined echinoid Diadema setosum (Leske, 1778) invasion to the Mediterranean Sea

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Rotem Zirler, Lynn Angele Leck, Tamar Feldstein Farkash, Martina Holzknecht, Andreas Kroh, Vasilis Gerovasileiou, Mehmet Fatih Huseyinoglu, Carlos Jimenez, Vasilis Resaikos, Mehmet Baki Yokeş, and Omri Bronstein

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Diadema, Levantine Basin, Mediterranean, non-indigenes species, population outbreak, alien species, Science, General. Including nature conservation, geographical distribution, QH1-199.5
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The Eastern Mediterranean Sea is an exceptional habitat. Its relative isolation and distinct characteristics create a unique ecosystem recognized as a marine biodiversity hot spot, where one-fifth of the species are endemic. Yet, native Mediterranean biodiversity is under increasing threat, mainly due to massive alien species invasions of Indo-Pacific origin. To date, more than 800 non-indigenous species have been reported in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea, justifying its reputation as one of the most severely affected habitats in the world in terms of marine biological invasions. Here we summarized the Mediterranean invasion dynamics of the long-spined echinoid Diadema setosum (Leske, 1778), one of the most ubiquitous Indo-Pacific sea urchin species. We show an alarming exponential population growth of D. setosum throughout the Eastern Mediterranean since 2018, following more than a decade of ‘invasion lag’ since its first detection in 2006. Molecular analyses illustrate the presence of a single genetic D. setosum clade in the Mediterranean Sea – corresponding to the Arabian Peninsula clade of this species, reinforcing the notion of a Red Sea origin. Our data support the current working hypothesis that the initial introduction of D. setosum occurred in the Northern Levantine Basin from which it gradually expanded in both north-west and south-east trajectories – in contrast to a stepping-stone hypothesis of gradual advancement from the opening of the Suez Canal. Demographic data of D. setosum along the Israeli Mediterranean coastline reveals a well-established population of broad size distributions, from juveniles to adult individuals of remarkably large size. Additionally, we provide evidence of the reproductive capacity of D. setosum in its new environment. Due to the magnitude of Diadema’s ecological footprint, it poses a severe threat to the entire Eastern Mediterranean Sea, including the Levantine Basin and South Aegean Sea, calling for rapid and coordinated action at both national and regional scales.

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2023
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3. Numerous new records of tropical non-indigenous species in the Eastern Mediterranean highlight the challenges of their recognition and identification

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Paolo G. Albano, Jan Steger, Piet A. J. Bakker, Cesare Bogi, Marija Bošnjak, Tamar Guy-Haim, Mehmet Fatih Huseyinoglu, Patrick I. LaFollette, Hadas Lubinevsky, Martina Mulas, Martina Stockinger, Michele Azzarone, and Bruno Sabelli

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Zoology, QL1-991
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New data on 52 non-indigenous mollusks in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea is reported. Fossarus sp. (aff. aptus sensu Blatterer 2019), Coriophora lessepsiana Albano, Bakker & Sabelli, sp. nov., Cerithiopsis sp. aff. pulvis, Joculator problematicus Albano & Steger, sp. nov., Cerithiopsis sp., Elachisina sp., Iravadia aff. elongata, Vitrinella aff. Vitrinella sp. 1 (sensu Blatterer 2019), Melanella orientalis, Parvioris aff. dilecta, Odostomia cf. dalli, Oscilla virginiae, Parthenina cossmanni, Parthenina typica, Pyrgulina craticulata, Turbonilla funiculata, Cylichna collyra, Musculus coenobitus, Musculus aff. viridulus, Chavania erythraea, Scintilla cf. violescens, Iacra seychellarum and Corbula erythraeensis are new records for the Mediterranean. An unidentified gastropod, Skeneidae indet., Triphora sp., Hypermastus sp., Sticteulima sp., Vitreolina cf. philippi, Odostomia (s.l.) sp. 1, Henrya (?) sp., and Semelidae sp. are further potential new non-indigenous species although their status should be confirmed upon final taxonomic assessment. Additionally, the status of Dikoleps micalii, Hemiliostraca clandestina comb. nov. and H. athenamariae comb. nov. is changed to non-indigenous, range extensions for nine species and the occurrence of living individuals for species previously recorded from empty shells only are reported. Opimaphora blattereri Albano, Bakker & Sabelli, sp. nov. is described from the Red Sea for comparison with the morphologically similar C. lessepsiana Albano, Bakker & Sabelli, sp. nov. The taxonomic part is followed by a discussion on how intensive fieldwork and cooperation among institutions and individuals enabled such a massive report, and how the poor taxonomic knowledge of the Indo-Pacific fauna hampers non-indigenous species detection and identification. Finally, the hypothesis that the simultaneous analysis of quantitative benthic death assemblages can support the assignment of non-indigenous status to taxonomically undetermined species is discussed.

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2021
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4. Unpublished Mediterranean and Black Sea records of marine alien, cryptogenic, and neonative species

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Michail, Ragkousis, Argyro, Zenetos, Jamila Ben Souissi, Razy, Hoffman, Raouia, Ghanem, Ergün, Taşkın, Mihaela, Muresan, Evgeniia, Karpova, Elena, Slynko, Ertan, Dağlı, Ana, Fortič, Victor, Surugiu, Vesna, Mačić, Domen, Trkov, Wafa Rjiba Bahri, Konstantinos, Tsiamis, Ramos-Espla, Alfonso A., Slavica, Petović, Jasmine, Ferrario, Agnese, Marchini, Renato, Sconfietti, Izdihar, Ammar, Alaa, Alo, Dori, Edelist, Tatiana, Begun, Adrian, Teaca, Gokhan, Tari, Mehmet Fatih Huseyinoglu, Karachle, Paraskevi K., Aikaterini, Dogrammatzi, Apostolopoulos, Giorgos A., Fabio, Crocetta, Eleni, Kytinou, Markos, Digenis, Grigorios, Skouradakis, Fiona, Tomas, Michel, Bariche, Alexandros, Kaminas, Kassiani, Konida, Alan, Deidun, Alessio, Marrone, Simonetta, Fraschetti, Vesselina, Mihneva, Carlo Nike Bianchi, Carla, Morri, Vasilis, Gerovasileiou, Lovrenc, Lipej, Maria, Sini, Luisa, Mangialajo, Maria, Zotou, Marius, Skolka, Ernesto, Azzurro, Adriana, Vella, Thanos, Dailianis, Panos, Grigoriou, Carlos, Jimenez, Konstantinos, Tsirintanis, Georgios, Oikonomidis, Emanuele, Mancini, Orestis, Papadakis, Vincenzo Di Martino, Giorgos, Chatzigeorgiou, Mohamed Mourad Ben Amor, Emmanouela, Vernadou, Yaprak, Arda, Vasileios, Minasidis, Annalisa, Azzola, Louis, Hadjioannou, Monica, Montefalcone, Yacopo, Baldacchino, Bessy, Stancanelli, Andrea, Bonifazi, Anna, Occhipinti-Ambrogi, Sonia, Smeraldo, Julian, Evans, Gerasimos, Kondylatos, Manuela, Falautano, Luca, Castriota, Aggelos, Lamprou, Jamila, Rizgalla, Borut, Mavrič, Evangelos, Papadimitriou, Kersting, Diego K., Schembri, Patrick J., Faten, Khamassi, Athanasios, Nikolaou, Enric, Ballesteros, Charalampos, Dimitriadis, María, García, Athanasios, Anastasiadis, Stefanos, Kalogirou, Melina, Nalmpanti, María, Altamirano, Daniele, Grech, Dimitrios, Mavrouleas, Noel, Vella, Sandra Agius Darmanin, Branko, Dragičević, Dimitris, Poursanidis, Alexandros, Tsatiris, Maria, Corsini-Foka, Martina, Orlando-Bonaca, Gianni, Insacco, Alexandros, Tsalapatis, Danilo, Scannella, Tiralongo, Francesco, Jana, Verdura, Sergio, Vitale, Michail-Aggelos, Valsamidis, Hocein, Bazairi, Anna Maria Mannino, Riccardo, Virgili, Fabio Collepardo Coccia, Radhouan El Zrelli, Savvas, Nikolidakis, Lotfi Jilani Rabaoui, Sercan, Yapıcı, Jeanne, Zaoual, Bruno, Zava, Neophytos, Agrotis, Murat, Bilecenoglu, Melih Ertan Çinar, Moraitis, Manos L., Albano, Paolo G., Nassir, Kaddouri, Ioanna, Kosma, Fabio, Falsone, Valentina, Fossati, Michele Luca Geraci, Leon Lojze Zamuda, Francesco Paolo Mancuso, Antonis, Petrou, Vasilis, Resaikos, İlker, Aydın, Batjakas, Ioannis E., Bos, Arthur R., Najib El Ouamari, Giovanni, Giallongo, Kampouris, Thodoros E., Khadija Ounifi-Ben Amor, Alper, Doğan, Jakov, Dulčić, Emine Şükran Okudan, Gil, Rilov, Rosso, Maria Antonietta, Laura, Royo, Mohamed, Selfati, Martina, Gaglioti, Sylvaine, Giakoumi, Vasiliki, Kousteni, Dragoș, Micu, Mircea, Nicoară, Sotiris, Orfanidis, Magdalene, Papatheodoulou, Jonathan, Tempesti, Maria, Triantaphyllou, Theodora, Tsourou, Ferhat, Yalgın, Emanuel, Baltag, Hasan, Cerim, Halit, Filiz, Georgiadis, Constantinos G., Paschalis, Papadamakis, Dimitra Lida Rammou, Manuela Diana Samargiu, Sciuto, Francesco, Mauro, Sinopoli, Ali, Türker, Antonia, Chiarore, Laura, Tamburello, Sahar, Karray, and Bilel Hassen and Stelios Katsanevakis

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invasive alien species, Ecology, geo-referenced records, Black Sea, distribution, Mediterranean Sea, non-indigenous, non-native species, non-indigenous, distribution, invasive alien species, geo-referenced records, Mediterranean Sea, Black Sea, non-native species, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
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To enrich spatio-temporal information on the distribution of alien, cryptogenic, and neonative species in the Mediterranean and the Black Sea, a collective effort by 173 marine scientists was made to provide unpublished records and make them open access to the scientific community. Through this effort, we collected and harmonized a dataset of 12, 649 records. It includes 247 taxa, of which 217 are Animalia, 25 Plantae and 5 Chromista, from 23 countries surrounding the Mediterranean and the Black Sea. Chordata was the most abundant taxonomic group, followed by Arthropoda, Mollusca, and Annelida. In terms of species records, Siganus luridus, Siganus rivulatus, Saurida lessepsianus, Pterois miles, Upeneus moluccensis, Charybdis (Archias) longicollis, and Caulerpa cylindracea were the most numerous. The temporal distribution of the records ranges from 1973 to 2022, with 44% of the records in 2020–2021. Lethrinus borbonicus is reported for the first time in the Mediterranean Sea, while Pomatoschistus quagga, Caulerpa cylindracea, Grateloupia turuturu, and Misophria pallida are first records for the Black Sea ; Kapraunia schneideri is recorded for the second time in the Mediterranean and for the first time in Israel ; Prionospio depauperata and Pseudonereis anomala are reported for the first time from the Sea of Marmara. Many first country records are also included, namely: Amathia verticillata (Montenegro), Ampithoe valida (Italy), Antithamnion amphigeneum (Greece), Clavelina oblonga (Tunisia and Slovenia), Dendostrea cf. folium (Syria), Epinephelus fasciatus (Tunisia), Ganonema farinosum (Montenegro), Macrorhynchia philippina (Tunisia), Marenzelleria neglecta (Romania), Paratapes textilis (Tunisia), and Botrylloides diegensis (Tunisia).

Published
2023

5. New Alien Mediterranean Biodiversity Records (August 2022)

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FRANCESCO TIRALONGO, OKAN AKYOL, SARA A.A. AL MABRUK, PIETRO BATTAGLIA, DAMLA BETON, BANU BITLIS, JOSEPH A. BORG, MARC BOUCHOUCHA, MELIH ERTAN ÇINAR, FABIO CROCETTA, BRANKO DRAGIČEVIĆ, Jakov DULČIĆ JDULČIĆ, ATHANASIOS EVANGELOPOULOS, JULIAN JEVANS, ANA FORTIČ, ROBIN P.M. GAUFF, CONSTANTINOS G. GEORGIADIS, MEHMET GÖKOĞLU, DANIELE DANIELE GRECH, TAMAR GUY-HAIM, MEHMET FATIH HUSEYINOGLU, ANDREA LOMBARDO, GIULIANA MARLETTA, FRANCESCO MASTROTOTARO, FEDERICA MONTESANTO, FLAVIA NUNES, AYTAÇ ÖZGÜL, BILAL ÖZTÜRK, DIMITRA-LIDA RAMMOU, DANILO SCUDERI, TUBA TERBIYIK KURT, EDIGIO TRAINITO, DOMEN TRKOV, AYLIN ULMAN, VAHDET ÜNAL, and XIMENA VELASQUEZ

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Fishes -- Catalogs and collections, Environmental Engineering, Sea, Biodiversity -- Research -- Mediterranean Region, Pteragogus, Biodiversity -- Case studies, Sergeant Major, Fishes, Aquatic Science, 1st Record, Oceanography, Introduced organisms -- Mediterranean Region, Phyla (Genus) -- Mediterranean Sea, Abudefduf-Saxatilis, Chordata -- Mediterranean Sea, Lagocephalus-Sceleratus, biodiversity, new aliens, Mediterranean sea, Fishes -- Mediterranean Sea, Caprella-Scaura Templeton, Paraleucilla-Magna, Crab Percnon-Gibbesi, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
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In this Collective Article on alien and cryptogenic diversity in the Mediterranean Sea we report a total of 19 species belonging to nine Phyla and coming from nine countries. Several of these records concern fish species, and of particular interest are the first records of: Terapon puta for Italian waters; Pteragopus trispilus from Malta; Plotosus lineatus from Cyprus; and the northernmost Mediterranean record of Lagocephalus sceleratus. The northernmost Mediterranean record was also reported for the sea urchin Diadema setosum. The portunid crab Thalamita poissonii was recorded for the first time in Libya. The copepod Pseudodiaptomus marinus was recorded for the first time in the Marmara Sea. The polychaete Branchiomma luctuosum was recorded for the first time from the Mediterranean coast of France. The alien anemone Diadumene lineata was recorded for the first time from Slovenia. The macroalgae Sargassum furcatum was recorded for the first time from Italy. The new Mediterranean records here reported help tracing abundance and distribution of alien and cryptic species in the Mediterranean Sea., European Union [730984]; ASSEMBLE Plus project; Greek Ministry of Environment and Energy [OPS 5010856], Francesco Tiralongo and Aylin Ulman are indebted to Francesco Balbini who posted the observation of the species in the Facebook group of the AlienFish project (Fauna Marina Mediterranea) and provided us data ad-ditional on the records. Tuba Terbiyik Kurt, Ximena Ve-lasquez and Tamar Guy-Haim declare that the sampling was performed in the framework of Integrated Marine Pollution Monitoring 2020-2022 Programme carried out by Ministry of Environment and Urbanization/General Directorate of EiA, Permit and Inspection/Department of Laboratory, Measurement and coordinated by TUBI-TAK-MRC ECPI. They also thank Hakan Atabay and Dr. Ibrahim Tan for supplying the zooplankton sample and WGEUROBUS of the International Council for the Ex-ploration of the Sea (ICES)for facilitating this research. Mehmet Goekoglu thanks Hakan Erdoen for the video shoot and Adnan Buyuk for the photo shoot. Joseph A Borg and Julian Evans are grateful to Edward Vella for providing photographs and details on his sighting. The study of Montesanto and Mastrototaro was supported by the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation program under grant agreement N degrees 730984, ASSEMBLE Plus project. The authors wish to thank G. Chatzigeorgiou and P. Kasapidis for the assistance provided. Sara A.A. Al Mabruk and Fabio Crocetta are grateful to Ashour Al-Slaedie (Libya) for sharing pictures and data of Thalamita poissonii. Jakov Dulcic and Branko Dragicevic are thankful to Mr. Juraj Juricev for provid-ing us data and the photo of the specimen. Daniele Grech was supported by the PO-FEAMP 2014-2020 project ECOGESTOCK Approccio ECOsistemico per la tute-la e la GEStione delle risorse biologiche e STOCK ittici nelle acque interne Priorita 1, Misura 1.44, par. 6 Pesca nelle acque interne e fauna e flora nelle acque interne. The same author would like to thank the colleagues Gianni Brundu, Barbara Loi and Anuta Chindris for field and lab support (IMC, International Marine Centre). The work of Constantinos G. Georgiadis and Dimitra-Lida Rammou has been funded by the Greek Ministry of Environment and Energy within the framework of Marine Strategy monitoring Project (2018-2023; OPS 5010856). The authors would like to thank Dr. Sotiris Orfanidis. The work of Georgiadis and Evangelopoulos has been funded by the Greek Ministry of Environment and Energy within the Marine Strategy Framework Directive. The authors would like to thank Dr. Sotiris Orfanidis. Damla Beton and Mehmet Fatih Huseyinoglu thank the fisher Hasan Sari for providing information and specimens of Plotosus lineatus from Cyprus.

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2022

6. Unpublished Mediterranean records of marine alien and cryptogenic species

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Maria Zotou, Hasan Cerim, Rossana Sanfilippo, Luca Castriota, Monica Montefalcone, Pierre Noel, Joxe Mikel Garmendia, Alice Lodola, Mohamed Mourad Ben Amor, Jorge Terrados, Mohamed Hédi Ktari, Giorgos Chatzigeorgiou, Konstantinos Tsirintanis, Vincenzo Di Martino, Julian Evans, Ernesto Azzurro, Françoise Monniot, Gérard Pergent, Emna Soufi-Kechaou, Sercan Yapıcı, Domen Trkov, Anna Maria Mannino, Ante Žunec, Alan Deidun, Jamila Rizgalla, Joseph A. Borg, Joaquim Garrabou, Antonietta Rosso, Ana Fortič, Maïa Fourt, Ali Türker, Martina Orlando-Bonaca, Nikos Doumpas, Stelios Katsanevakis, Charalampos Dimitriadis, Murat Bilecenoglu, Soultana Tsioli, Dimitrios Damalas, Paraskevi K. Karachle, Markos Digenis, Fiona Tomas, Gianni Insacco, Free Espinosa, Periklis Kleitou, Shevy B.S. Rothman, Manuela Falautano, Arthur R. Bos, Ergün Taşkın, Hocein Bazairi, Maria Sini, Ioanna Kosma, Patrick J. Schembri, Jorge Santamaría, Dimitris Poursanidis, Miraine Rizzo, Grigorios Skouradakis, Demetris Kletou, Melih Ertan Çinar, Razy Hoffman, Luigi Piazzi, Carla Morri, Konstantinos Tsiamis, Borut Mavrič, Agnese Marchini, Michail Ragkousis, Ioannis Giovos, Halit Filiz, Francesco Tiralongo, Jonathan Tempesti, Andrés Izquierdo Muñoz, Najib El Ouamari, Bruno Zava, Rym Zakhama-Sraieb, Paolo G. Albano, Omar Inglese, A. Siapatis, Mehmet Fatih Huseyinoglu, Sotiris Orfanidis, Raül Golo, Angela Bartolo, C. Stamouli, Alfonso A. Ramos-Esplá, Paolo Balistreri, Yassine-Ramzi Sghaier, Mohamed Selfati, Faten Khamassi, Said Benhissoune, Fabio Crocetta, Emma Cebrian, Cristina Linares, Vasilis Gerovasileiou, Anna Occhipinti-Ambrogi, Carlo Nike Bianchi, Khadija Ounifi Ben Amor, Jana Verdura, Christine Pergent, Marc Verlaque, Emmanouil Andriotis, Mouna Rifi, Laura Royo, Jamila Ben Souissi, Thanos Dailianis, Michel Bariche, Maria Cristina Gambi, Louis Hadjioannou, Enric Ballesteros, Raouia Ghanem, Fabio Badalamenti, Stefanos Kalogirou, Emilio Mancuso, Martina Gaglioti, Carlo Pipitone, Lovrenc Lipej, Wafa Rjiba-Bahri, Nikolas Michailidis, Carlos Jiménez, Orestis Papadakis, Jasmine Ferrario, Eleni Kytinou, Jeanne Zaouali, Joachim Langeneck, María Josefa Mosteiro García, Sami Karaa, Argyro Zenetos, Ya’arit Levitt-Barmats, Ivan Cvitković, Ege Üniversitesi, European Commission, Agencia Estatal de Investigación (España), Hellenic Centre for Marine Research (HCMR), AZTI - Tecnalia, American University of Beirut [Beyrouth] (AUB), Faculty of Science, Department of Biology (UNIVERSITY OF MALTA), University of Malta [Malta], Sciences pour l'environnement (SPE), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Pascal Paoli (UPP), Dept. of 'Ecologia del Territorio', Institute of Marine Biology and Genetics, Hellenic Center for Marine Research (HCMR), Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Department of Physics, Cyprus University of Technology, Faculté des sciences [Rabat], Université Mohammed V de Rabat [Agdal], Observatoire océanologique de Banyuls (OOB), Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Laboratorio di Ecologia (CNR-IAMC), CNRS-IAMC, Laboratoire de Modélisation en Hydraulique et Environnement [Tunis] (LR-LMHE ENIT), Ecole Nationale d'Ingénieurs de Tunis (ENIT), Université de Tunis El Manar (UTM)-Université de Tunis El Manar (UTM), Institut méditerranéen de biodiversité et d'écologie marine et continentale (IMBE), Avignon Université (AU)-Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-Institut de recherche pour le développement [IRD] : UMR237-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries, Fondazione IRCCS Instituto Nazionale dei Tumori [Milan, Italy], Universidad de Alicante. Departamento de Ciencias del Mar y Biología Aplicada, Biología Marina, Katsanevakis, S, Poursanidis, D, Hoffman, R, Rizgalla, J, Bat-Sheva Rothman, S, Levitt-Barmats, Y, Hadjioannou, L, Trkov, D, Mikel Garmendia, J, Rizzo, M, Bartolo, AG, Bariche, M, Tomas, F, Kleitou, P, Schembri, PJ, Kletou, D, Tiralongo, F, Pergent, C, Pergent, G, Azzurro, E, Bilecenoglu, M, Lodola, A, Ballesteros, E, Gerovasileiou, V, Verlaque, M, Occhipinti-Ambrogi, A, Kytinou, E, Dailianis, T, Ferrario, J, Crocetta, F, Jimenez, C, Evans, J, Ragkousis, M, Lipej, L, Borg, JA, Dimitriadis, D, Chatzigeorgiou, G, Albano, PG, Kalogirou, S, Bazairi, H, Espinosa, F, Ben Souissi, J, Tsiamis, K, Badalamenti, F, Langeneck, J, Noel, P, Deidun, A, Marchini, A, Skouradakis, G, Royo, L, Sini, M, Nike Bianchi, C, Sghaier, YR, Ghanem, R, Doumpas, N, Zaouali, J, Tsirintanis, K, Papadakis, O, Morri, C, Çinar, ME, Terrados, J, Insacco, G, Zava, B, Soufi-Kechaou, E, Piazzi, L, Ounifi Ben Amor, K, Andriotis, E, Gambi, MC, Ben Amor, MM, Garrabou, J, Linares, C, Fortič, A, Digenis, M, Cebrian, E, Fourt, M, Zotou, M, Castriota, L, Di Martino, V, Rosso, A, Pipitone, C, Falautano, M, García, M, Zakhama-Sraieb, R, Khamassi, F, Mannino, AM, Ktari, MH, Kosma, I, Rifi, M, Karachle, PK, Yapıcı, S, Bos, AR, Balistreri, P, Ramos Esplá, AA, Tempesti, J, Inglese, O, Giovos, I, Damalas, D, Benhissoune, S, Huseyinoglu, MF, Rjiba-Bahri, W, Santamaría, J, Orlando-Bonaca, M, Izquierdo, A, Stamouli, C, Montefalcone, M, Cerim, H, Golo, R, Tsioli, S, Orfanidis, S, Michailidis, N, Gaglioti, M, Taşkın, E, Mancuso, E, Žunec, A, Cvitković, I, Filiz, H, Sanfilippo, R, Siapatis, A, Mavrič, B, Karaa, S, Türker, A, Monniot, F, Verdura, J, El Ouamari, N, Selfati, M, Zenetos, A, Department of Marine Sciences, University of the Aegean, Lofos Panepistimiou, Mytilene, 81100, Greece, Foundation for Research and Technology—Hellas (FORTH), Institute of Applied and Computational Mathematics, Remote Sensing lab, N. Plastira 100, Vassilika Vouton, Heraklion, 70013, Greece, The Steinhardt Museum of Natural History, Israel National Center for Biodiversity Studies, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, 69978, Israel, Department of Aquaculture, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Tripoli, Tripoli, Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, School of Zoology, The George S. 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Departamento de Zoología, Université Pascal Paoli (UPP)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), and Université Mohammed V de Rabat [Agdal] (UM5)

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Invasions biològiques -- Mediterrània (Mar), geo-referenced records, 0206 medical engineering, Non-native species, Invasive alien species, Library science, non-native species, non-indigenous, distribution, citizen science, invasive alien species, geo-referenced records, Mediterranean Sea, 02 engineering and technology, Alien, Distribution, Citizen science, 01 natural sciences, Records -- Management, Science -- Mediterranean Region, 0103 physical sciences, Agency (sociology), citizen science, distribution, Mediterranean Sea, media_common.cataloged_instance, non-indigenous, Zoología, 14. Life underwater, European union, non-indigenous species, ComputingMilieux_MISCELLANEOUS, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Global environmental analysis, media_common, Biological invasions -- Mediterranean Sea, invasive alien species, 010304 chemical physics, Ecology, Settore BIO/02 - Botanica Sistematica, Marine reserve, non-native species, Geo-referenced records, 020601 biomedical engineering, Espècies introduïdes -- Mediterrània (Mar), Introduced organisms -- Mediterranean Sea, 13. Climate action, General partnership, [SDE]Environmental Sciences, Marine protected area, Non-indigenous, Science -- Methodology -- Case studies
Abstract

Este artículo contiene 18 páginas, 4 figuras., Good datasets of geo-referenced records of alien species are a prerequisite for assessing the spatio-temporal dynamics of biological invasions, their invasive potential, and the magnitude of their impacts. However, with the exception of first records on a country level or wider regions, observations of species presence tend to remain unpublished, buried in scattered repositories or in the personal databases of experts. Through an initiative to collect, harmonize and make such unpublished data for marine alien and cryptogenic species in the Mediterranean Sea available, a large dataset comprising 5376 records was created. It includes records of 239 alien or cryptogenic taxa (192 Animalia, 24 Plantae, 23 Chromista) from 19 countries surrounding the Mediterranean Sea. In terms of records, the most reported Phyla in descending order were Chordata, Mollusca, Chlorophyta, Arthropoda, and Rhodophyta. The most recorded species was Caulerpa cylindracea, followed by Siganus luridus, Magallana sp. (cf. gigas or angulata) and Pterois miles. The dataset includes records from 1972 to 2020, with the highest number of records observed in 2018. Among the records of the dataset, Dictyota acutiloba is a first record for the Mediterranean Sea. Nine first country records are also included: the alga Caulerpa taxifolia var. distichophylla, the cube boxfish Ostracion cubicus, and the cleaner shrimp Urocaridella pulchella from Israel; the sponge Paraleucilla magna from Libya and Slovenia; the lumpfish Cyclopterus lumpus from Cyprus; the bryozoan Celleporaria vermiformis and the polychaetes Prionospio depauperata and Notomastus aberans from Malta., The publication of this article is supported by the Open Access Publishing Fund of the International Association for Open Knowledge on Invasive Alien Species (INVASIVESNET; www.invasivesnet.org). Stelios Katsanevakis, Maria Sini and Konstantinos Tsirintanis were supported by the Hellenic Foundation for Research and Innovation (H.F.R.I.) under the “First Call for H.F.R.I. Research Projects to support Faculty members and Researchers and the procurement of high-cost research equipment grant” (Project Number: HFRI-FM17-1597). Enalia Physis acknowledges Pantelis Patsalou for his support with field-logistics and links with fishers. Fiona Tomas would like to acknowledge funding from FECYT FCT- 14-9319 (¡OJO A LAS INVASORAS! BIODIVERSIDAD Y ESPECIES INVASORAS DEL MEDITERRÁNEO BALEAR). Vasilis Gerovasileiou, Thanos Dailianis and Maria Sini acknowledge the support by the MARISCA project (www.marisca.eu), co-funded (85%) by EEA GRANTS, 2009–2014, and the Public Investments Program (PIP) of the Hellenic Republic (15%). Razy Hoffman acknowledges funding by Yad-Hanadiv foundation, through the Israel Society of Ecology and Environmental Sciences and Israel Nature and Parks Authority (An integrated program for establishing biological baselines and monitoring protocols for marine reserves in the Israeli Mediterranean Sea). Argyro Zenetos and Paraskevi K. Karachle would like to thank the citizenscientists collaborating with the Ellenic Network on Aquatic Invasive Species (ELNAIS – elnais.hcmr.gr). Nikolaos Doumpas, Ioannis Giovos, Periklis Kleirou and Francesco Tiralongo would like to thank all the citizen-scientists that contributed with their shared records and data in the citizen-science project “Is it alien to you? Share it!!!” (https://www.facebook.com/ groups/104915386661854/). Data from Gyaros Island marine reserve were collected under the “GyarosMPA” project, funded by “MAVA Fondation pour la Nature”. Data from Corsica coastline were mainly collected in the framework of the “Corsica Alien Network” initiated by “Office de l’Environnement de la Corse”. Carla Morri and Carlo Nike Bianchi received financial support from FFARB (funds for basic research activities) by the Italian Ministry of Education, University and Research. Ergün Taşkın has been supported by TÜBİTAK, Ankara, Turkey (Project Number: 114Y238). The Slovenian authors would like to acknowledge their financial support from the Slovenian Research Agency (research core funding No. P1-0237) and the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Food of the Republic of Slovenia. Mehmet Fatih Huseyinoglu thanks University of Kyrenia’s Scientific Research Project numbered GRN-20191-004. Fabio Crocetta was funded by the COST (European Cooperation in Science and Technology) Action TD1209 Alien Challenge project. The FRI (HAO DEMETER) team is very grateful to the Marine Strategy Project for financial support. Records of NIS in Jbel Moussa, the National Park of Al Hoceima and Cap des Trois Fourches sites from Morocco were obtained during surveys conducted within the framework of the MedKeyHabitats and the MedMPAnet Projects implemented by UNEP/MAP-RAC/SPA in close collaboration with the Haut Commissariat aux Eaux et Forêts et à la Lutte Contre la Désertification (HCEFLCD) and financially supported by RAC/SPA, Tunisia and the MAVA Foundation, Switzerland (MedKeyHabitats Project) and the European Commission (EC), the Spanish Agency for International Cooperation to Development (AECID), and the French Global Environment Facility (MedMPAnet Project). Jamila Ben Souissi was partially funded by BiodivMex /Chantier MISTRALS. Konstantinos Tsiamis sampling records were retrieved during his post in the Hellenic Centre for Marine Research, which he would like to thank for. Periklis Kleitou and Demetris Kletou were supported by the LIFE financial instrument of the European Union – RELIONMED project [Grant Agreement LIFE16 NAT/ CY/000832]. Some of the data included in the dataset were obtained through the marine citizen science platform Observadores del Mar www.observadoresdelmar.es with the support of FECYT FCT-17-12469, LIFE IP Intemares and Fundació Marilles, and through the citizen science site of the Italian Marine Protected Area of “Regno di Nettuno” (islands of Ischia, Procida and Vivara): www.citizensciencerdn.org. Most data from Lebanon were retrieved from social media dedicated to citizen science (Facebook group: Sea Lebanon https://www.facebook.com/ groups/109615625861815/) or fishers and scuba divers WhatsApp groups). Jamila Rizgalla wishes to thank the administration of Regatta for granting a free pass to conduct field surveys and the security personnel for providing a safe environment. Anna Occhipinti-Ambrogi was supported by European Community’s Seventh Framework Program VECTORS (Vectors of Change in Oceans and Seas Marine Life, Impact on Economic Sectors). The long lasting collaboration with the ICES Working Group on Introductions and Transfer of Marine Organisms (WGITMO) has been a good forum where many information and ideas could be exchanged within some of the authors (Anna Occhipinti-Ambrogi, Argyro Zenetos, Agnese Marchini, and a wider community of scientists working on biological invasions). A. Rosso and R. Sanfilippo received grants from the Catania University Research Plan 2016/2018. Data from Kuriat island were collected under the “Kuriat project”, funded by “MAVA Fondation pour la Nature” executed by SPA/RAC in partnership with the Coastal Protection and Management Agency (APAL) and Notre Grand Bleu (NGB) NGO. The AIS/ERA (Environment and Resources Authority) Maltese data were obtained from the EU funded project EMFF 8.3.1 under the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund 2014–2020 with a total cost of €1.6 million in public eligible EMFF funds (75% EU 25% MT), managed by AIS/ERA (Environment and Resources Authority). The ultimate goals of this European Maritime and Fisheries Fund (EMFF 2014–2020) project are to devise a holistic approach towards marine monitoring and develop a comprehensive database of data collected about the Maltese waters., With the funding support of the ‘Severo Ochoa Centre of Excellence’ accreditation (CEX2019-000928-S), of the Spanish Research Agency (AEI)

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2020
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7. Assessment of Human Health Impacts from Invasive Pufferfish (Attacks, Poisonings and Fatalities) across the Eastern Mediterranean

Author

Aylin Ulman, Abdel Fattah Nazmi Abd Rabou, Sara Al Mabruk, Michel Bariche, Murat Bilecenoğlu, Nazli Demirel, Bella S. Galil, Mehmet Fatih Hüseyinoğlu, Carlos Jimenez, Louis Hadjioannou, Ali Rıza Kosker, Panagiota Peristeraki, Adib Saad, Ziad Samaha, Maria Th. Stoumboudi, Tarek A. Temraz, and Paraskevi K. Karachle

Subjects
invasive alien species (IAS), public health policy, Suez Canal, tetrodotoxin (TTX), Tetraodontidae, Biology (General), QH301-705.5
Abstract

The silver-cheeked toadfish Lagocephalus sceleratus (Gmelin 1789), and to a lesser degree the orange spotted toadfish Torquigener hypselogeneion (Bleeker, 1852), pose threats to human health from physical attacks and poisonings in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea. This study reviewed human health-related impacts resulting from these pufferfish, compiling and assessing records from online sources, the peer-reviewed literature, medical records, personal interviews, and observations across the Eastern Mediterranean in the years 2004 to 2023. A total of 198 events impacting human health were documented: 28 records of physical attacks, at least 144 non-lethal poisoning episodes, and 27 human fatalities resulting from consumption. The majority of the reported incidences occurred in Syria, Türkiye, and Lebanon. Most physical attacks occurred in summer, while most poisoning events occurred during winter. The number of recorded incidents greatly increased after 2019, especially with regard to poisonings, yet whether this is related to greater media attention, or to increased fish abundance is unclear. This is the first comprehensive study to collate findings on attacks, poisonings and fatalities caused by these pufferfish in the Mediterranean Sea, and may help in improving national health policies. We urge the continuation of national campaigns to caution residents and tourists of these species’ high toxicities and potential aggressiveness.

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2024
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8. Alien foraminifers of the northern and northeastern coastlines of Cyprus Island

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Erol Sarı, Mustafa Kumral, Mehmet Fatih Hüseyinoğlu, Fulya Yücesoy Eryılmaz, Mustafa Eryılmaz, İpek F. Barut, M. Baki Yokeş, Engin Meriç, and Atike Nazik

Subjects
benthic foraminifera, mollusc, ostracod, icp-ms analysis, geochemistry, cyprus., Mineralogy, QE351-399.2
Abstract

The study area covers the northern coasts of Cyprus from the Güzelyurt Gulf to the Gazimağusa Gulf. This study was carried out in order to reveal the presence of the alien foraminifera, which are widely distributed in the Eastern Mediterranean particularly Amphistegina lobifera in the study area, and the effects of trace elements on faunal assemblages (foraminifera, ostracod and mollusc). The bottom sediment samples were taken from eighteen different points and depths, the faunal assemblages were examined, and the sediment distribution map of the studied area was made by ICP-MS analysis and geochemical evaluations. 30 genera and 48 species of foraminifera have been identified, of which 9 species belonging to 6 genera are the alien foraminifera. These are: Spiroloculina angulosa, S. antillarum, Hauerina diversa, Coscinospira hemprichii, Peneroplis pertusus, P. planatus, Amphisorus hemprichii, Sorites orbiculus and Amphistegina lobifera. Amphistegina lobifera was observed to be abnormally abundant in most of the samples. This foraminiferal assemblage of Red Sea origin constitutes a poor assemblage compared to the alien assemblages in Turkish Mediterranean coastal areas. It has been determined that the ostracod and mollusc genera and species found in the same samples belong to the typical Mediterranean and Aegean Sea community.

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2021
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9. Preliminary results from the new multiwavelength aerosol lidar scanning system in Turkey

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K. R. Allakhverdiev, Abdullah Seçgin, Z. Salaeva, and Mehmet Fatih Huseyinoglu

Subjects
Effective radius, Backscatter, Meteorology, Scattering, Aerosol, law.invention, Azimuth, Telescope, Geography, Lidar, law, Satellite, Physics::Atmospheric and Oceanic Physics, Remote sensing
Abstract

Aerosols affect the radiation budget of the Earth by scattering and absorbing the incoming solar radiation, and by acting as cloud condensation nuclei (CCN) to form clouds and/or change their properties. Because of their high spatio-temporal variability and remote nature, investigations of aerosols physical properties have been rather limited until the last few decades. Lately, multiwavelength Raman lidars became an important tool for the measurements of aerosol physical parameters. Such lidars allow to get three aerosol backscattering and two extinction coefficients (so called 3β+2α) and from these optical data the particle microphysical parameters such as number, surface area and volume concentrations, effective radius, particle size distribution, particle and volume polarizations and complex refractive index can be retrieved through inversion with regularization, principle component analysis and linear estimation techniques. During 2009-2011, using a homemade multiwavelength Raman lidar with a Quantel BrilliantB Nd:YAG laser generating also the 2nd and the 3rd optical harmonics, the spatial and temporal distribution of aerosols and their microphysical properties have been measured and evaluated in various seasons, meteorological conditions and with different horizontal measurement angles. Reliability of our results have been confirmed with the synergistic measurements done with lidars located in Greece, the EUFAR aircraft (European Facility for Airborne Research, FAAM-Bae146 aircraft), ACEMED campaign (Evaluation of CALIPSO’s (Cloud-aerosol Lidar and Infrared Pathfinder Satellite Observation) aerosol classificatiomn scheme over Eastern Mediterranean) and GOSAT (Global Greenhouse Gas Observation by Satellite project). In early 2012, the addition of the scanning module mounted on the top of the telescope, allowed to obtain information about the aerosol distribution within fixed and regular time intervals in a given time frame and from various measurement angles, and thus it made possible to cover a large spatial area and to evaluate the changes in the aerosol microphysical properties in space and time. It uses Newport ESP301 Motion Controller allowing to make measurements in 340° azimuthal and ± 15° vertical scanning angles by a 300 x 600 mm plane mirror. In this paper, the description of the new multiwavelength aerosol lidar scanning system installed in the Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TUBITAK) Marmara Research Center (MRC), KA09 Laser and Lidar Laboratory is explained, and the first results obtained from the data acquired during Spring and Summer 2012 are presented by integrating the results with a geographical map of Gebze Area.

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2013

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