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3. The sponge microbiome project

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Moitinho-Silva, Lucas, Nielsen, Shaun, Amir, Amnon, Gonzalez, Antonio, Ackermann, Gail L, Cerrano, Carlo, Astudillo-Garcia, Carmen, Easson, Cole, Sipkema, Detmer, Liu, Fang, Steinert, Georg, Kotoulas, Giorgos, McCormack, Grace P, Feng, Guofang, Bell, James J, Vicente, Jan, Björk, Johannes R, Montoya, Jose M, Olson, Julie B, Reveillaud, Julie, Steindler, Laura, Pineda, Mari-Carmen, Marra, Maria V, Ilan, Micha, Taylor, Michael W, Polymenakou, Paraskevi, Erwin, Patrick M, Schupp, Peter J, Simister, Rachel L, Knight, Rob, Thacker, Robert W, Costa, Rodrigo, Hill, Russell T, Lopez-Legentil, Susanna, Dailianis, Thanos, Ravasi, Timothy, Hentschel, Ute, Li, Zhiyong, Webster, Nicole S, and Thomas, Torsten

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Life Below Water, Animals, Microbiota, Porifera, RNA, Ribosomal, 16S, Sequence Analysis, DNA, marine sponges, archaea, bacteria, symbiosis, microbiome, 16S rRNA gene, microbial diversity
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Marine sponges (phylum Porifera) are a diverse, phylogenetically deep-branching clade known for forming intimate partnerships with complex communities of microorganisms. To date, 16S rRNA gene sequencing studies have largely utilised different extraction and amplification methodologies to target the microbial communities of a limited number of sponge species, severely limiting comparative analyses of sponge microbial diversity and structure. Here, we provide an extensive and standardised dataset that will facilitate sponge microbiome comparisons across large spatial, temporal, and environmental scales. Samples from marine sponges (n = 3569 specimens), seawater (n = 370), marine sediments (n = 65) and other environments (n = 29) were collected from different locations across the globe. This dataset incorporates at least 268 different sponge species, including several yet unidentified taxa. The V4 region of the 16S rRNA gene was amplified and sequenced from extracted DNA using standardised procedures. Raw sequences (total of 1.1 billion sequences) were processed and clustered with (i) a standard protocol using QIIME closed-reference picking resulting in 39 543 operational taxonomic units (OTU) at 97% sequence identity, (ii) a de novo clustering using Mothur resulting in 518 246 OTUs, and (iii) a new high-resolution Deblur protocol resulting in 83 908 unique bacterial sequences. Abundance tables, representative sequences, taxonomic classifications, and metadata are provided. This dataset represents a comprehensive resource of sponge-associated microbial communities based on 16S rRNA gene sequences that can be used to address overarching hypotheses regarding host-associated prokaryotes, including host specificity, convergent evolution, environmental drivers of microbiome structure, and the sponge-associated rare biosphere.

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2017

4. Supplementary material 1 from: Skaraki K, Pavloudi C, Dailianis T, Lagnel J, Pantazidou A, Magoulas A, Kotoulas G (2024) Microbial diversity in four Mediterranean irciniid sponges. Biodiversity Data Journal 12: e114809. https://doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.12.e114809

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Skaraki, Katerina, primary, Pavloudi, Christina, additional, Dailianis, Thanos, additional, Lagnel, Jacques, additional, Pantazidou, Adriani, additional, Magoulas, Antonios, additional, and Kotoulas, Georgios, additional

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2024
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6. Supplementary material 2 from: Skaraki K, Pavloudi C, Dailianis T, Lagnel J, Pantazidou A, Magoulas A, Kotoulas G (2024) Microbial diversity in four Mediterranean irciniid sponges. Biodiversity Data Journal 12: e114809. https://doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.12.e114809

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Skaraki, Katerina, primary, Pavloudi, Christina, additional, Dailianis, Thanos, additional, Lagnel, Jacques, additional, Pantazidou, Adriani, additional, Magoulas, Antonios, additional, and Kotoulas, Georgios, additional

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2024
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7. Figure 2 from: Skaraki K, Pavloudi C, Dailianis T, Lagnel J, Pantazidou A, Magoulas A, Kotoulas G (2024) Microbial diversity in four Mediterranean irciniid sponges. Biodiversity Data Journal 12: e114809. https://doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.12.e114809

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Skaraki, Katerina, primary, Pavloudi, Christina, additional, Dailianis, Thanos, additional, Lagnel, Jacques, additional, Pantazidou, Adriani, additional, Magoulas, Antonios, additional, and Kotoulas, Georgios, additional

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2024
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8. Figure 1 from: Skaraki K, Pavloudi C, Dailianis T, Lagnel J, Pantazidou A, Magoulas A, Kotoulas G (2024) Microbial diversity in four Mediterranean irciniid sponges. Biodiversity Data Journal 12: e114809. https://doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.12.e114809

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Skaraki, Katerina, primary, Pavloudi, Christina, additional, Dailianis, Thanos, additional, Lagnel, Jacques, additional, Pantazidou, Adriani, additional, Magoulas, Antonios, additional, and Kotoulas, Georgios, additional

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2024
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9. Habitat mapping in the European Seas - is it fit for purpose in the marine restoration agenda?

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Gerovasileiou, Vasilis, Smith, Christopher J., Sevastou, Katerina, Papadopoulou, Nadia, Dailianis, Thanos, Bekkby, Trine, Fiorentino, Dario, McOwen, Chris J., Amaro, Teresa, Bengil, Elizabeth Grace Tunka, Bilan, Meri, Boström, Christoffer, Carreiro-Silva, Marina, Cebrian, Emma, Cerrano, Carlo, Danovaro, Roberto, Fraschetti, Simonetta, Gagnon, Karine, Gambi, Cristina, Grehan, Anthony, Hereu, Bernat, Kipson, Silvija, Kotta, Jonne, Linares, Cristina, Morato, Telmo, Ojaveer, Henn, Orav-Kotta, Helen, Sarà, Antonio, and Scrimgeour, Rachael

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2019
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10. Human activities and resultant pressures on key European marine habitats: An analysis of mapped resources

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Dailianis, Thanos, Smith, Christopher J., Papadopoulou, Nadia, Gerovasileiou, Vasilis, Sevastou, Katerina, Bekkby, Trine, Bilan, Meri, Billett, David, Boström, Christoffer, Carreiro-Silva, Marina, Danovaro, Roberto, Fraschetti, Simonetta, Gagnon, Karine, Gambi, Cristina, Grehan, Anthony, Kipson, Silvija, Kotta, Jonne, McOwen, Chris J., Morato, Telmo, Ojaveer, Henn, Pham, Christopher K., and Scrimgeour, Rachael

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2018
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11. Comparative Chemical Profiling and Antimicrobial/Anticancer Evaluation of Extracts from Farmed versus Wild Agelas oroides and Sarcotragus foetidus Sponges

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Varamogianni-Mamatsi, Despoina, primary, Nunes, Maria João, additional, Marques, Vanda, additional, Anastasiou, Thekla I., additional, Kagiampaki, Eirini, additional, Vernadou, Emmanouela, additional, Dailianis, Thanos, additional, Kalogerakis, Nicolas, additional, Branco, Luís C., additional, Rodrigues, Cecília M. P., additional, Sobral, Rita G., additional, Gaudêncio, Susana P., additional, and Mandalakis, Manolis, additional

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2023
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15. Unpublished Mediterranean and Black Sea records of marine alien, cryptogenic, and neonative species

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

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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

16. Long‐duration remote underwater videos reveal that grazing by fishes is highly variable through time and dominated by non‐indigenous species

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Magneville, Camille, Leréec Le Bricquir, Marie‐lou, Dailianis, Thanos, Skouradakis, Grigorios, Claverie, Thomas, Villéger, Sébastien, Magneville, Camille, Leréec Le Bricquir, Marie‐lou, Dailianis, Thanos, Skouradakis, Grigorios, Claverie, Thomas, and Villéger, Sébastien

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In the marine environment, fish contribute to key ecological processes such as controlling food-webs through top-down impacts, especially on algae. To date, the assessment of fish grazing activity has mostly been performed using short-term (<1 h) censuses by divers or remote cameras which do not allow estimating the variability of grazing rate within and between days. However, understanding the temporal variation of fish activity and hence contribution of species to ecosystem functioning is of particular interest in the context of biological invasion. Here, using long-duration remote underwater cameras, we recorded fish abundance and grazing events over three consecutive days in October 2019 in a shallow Mediterranean ecosystem from northern Crete. This novel approach allowed us to assess temporal variation of abundance and grazing activity of the two native (Sarpa salpa and Sparisoma cretense) and the two non-indigenous fish species (Siganus rivulatus and Siganus luridus). Non-indigenous Siganus rivulatus was the most common species in the studied coastal habitat, followed by the two native species while the non-indigenous Siganus luridus was scarce. Overall, the non-indigenous S. rivulatus and the native S. salpa are responsible for more than 90% of the recorded grazing activity with similar bite rates between the two species. More than 70% of the grazing activity arose in grazing pulses in the afternoon, supporting the diel feeding hypothesis according to which feeding is greater in the afternoon when nutritive quality of macrophytes is the highest. In addition, some of the highest peaks in grazing activity were driven by a few individuals. Hence, surveys of only abundance could not provide accurate estimates of herbivory. Last, Siganus rivulatus presence did not significantly affect grazing activity of the native Sarpa salpa. Our results demonstrate that long-duration remote underwater videos are a useful tool to accurately assess the contribution of fishes to e

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2023
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17. Unpublished Mediterranean and Black Sea records of marine alien, cryptogenic, and neonative species

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Hellenic Foundation for Research and Innovation, European Commission, Ministry of Development and Investments (Greece), Israel Society of Ecology and Environmental Sciences, Israel Nature and Parks Authority, Govern de les Illes Balears, Fundación Biodiversidad, Ministerio para la Transición Ecológica y el Reto Demográfico (España), Università degli Studi di Catania, Generalitat de Catalunya, L-Università ta' Malta, Ministry of Education and Research (Romania), University of Bucharest, Slovenian Research Agency, Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Food (Slovenia), Ministero delle Politiche Agricole Alimentari e Forestali, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, University of the Aegean, American University of Beirut, CSIC - Instituto de Ciencias del Mar (ICM), Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (España), Junta de Andalucía, Université Côte d'Azur, Ragkousis, Michail, Zenetos, Argyro, Souissi, Jamila Ben, Hoffman, Razy, Ghanem, Raouia, Taşkın, Ergün, Muresan, Mihaela, Karpova, Evgeniia, Slynko, Elena, Dağlı, Ertan, Fortič, Ana, Surugiu, Victor, Mačić, Vesna, Trkov, Domen, Rjiba-Bahri, Wafa, Tsiamis, Konstantinos, Ramos-Esplá, Alfonso A., Petović, Slavica, Ferrario, Jasmine, Marchini, Agnese, Sconfietti, Renato, Ammar, Izdihar, Alo, Alaa, Edelist, Dori, Begun, Tatiana, Teaca, Adrian, Tari, Gokhan, Huseyinoglu, Mehmet Fatih, Karachle, Paraskevi K., Dogrammatzi, Aikaterini, Apostolopoulos, Giorgos A., Crocetta, Fabio, Kytinou, Eleni, Digenis, Markos, Skouradakis, Grigorios, Tomàs, Fiona, Bariche, Michel, Kaminas, Alexandros, Konida, Kassiani, Deidun, Alan, Marrone, Alessio, Fraschetti, Simonetta, Mihneva, Vesselina, Bianchi, Carlo Nike, Morri, Carla, Gerovasileiou, Vasilis, Lipej, Lovrenc, Sini, Maria, Mangialajo, Luisa, Zotou, Maria, Skolka, Marius, Azzurro, Ernesto, Vella, Adriana, Dailianis, Thanos, Grigoriou, Panos, Jiménez, Carlos, Tsirintanis, Konstantinos, Oikonomidis, Georgios, Mancini, Emanuele, Papadakis, Orestis, Di Martino, Vincenzo, Chatzigeorgiou, Giorgos, Ben Amor, Mohamed Mourad, Vernadou, Emmanouela, Arda, Yaprak, Minasidis, Vasileios, Azzola, Annalisa, Hadjioannou, Louis, Montefalcone, Monica, Baldacchino, Yacopo, Stancanelli, Bessy, Bonifazi, Andrea, Occhipinti-Ambrogi, Anna, Smeraldo, Sonia, Evans, Julian, Kondylatos, Gerasimos, Falautano, Manuela, Castriota, Luca, Lamprou, Aggelos, Rizgalla, Jamila, Mavrič, Borut, Papadimitriou, Evangelos, Kersting, D. K., Schembri, Patrick J., Khamassi, Faten, Nikolaou, Athanasios, Ballesteros, Enric, Dimitriadis, Charalampos, García, María, Anastasiadis, Athanasios, Kalogirou, Stefanos, Nalmpanti, Melina, Altamirano, María, Grech, Daniele, Mavrouleas, Dimitrios, Vella, Noel, Darmanin, Sandra Agius, Dragičević, Branko, Poursanidis, Dimitris, Tsatiris, Alexandros, Hellenic Foundation for Research and Innovation, European Commission, Ministry of Development and Investments (Greece), Israel Society of Ecology and Environmental Sciences, Israel Nature and Parks Authority, Govern de les Illes Balears, Fundación Biodiversidad, Ministerio para la Transición Ecológica y el Reto Demográfico (España), Università degli Studi di Catania, Generalitat de Catalunya, L-Università ta' Malta, Ministry of Education and Research (Romania), University of Bucharest, Slovenian Research Agency, Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Food (Slovenia), Ministero delle Politiche Agricole Alimentari e Forestali, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, University of the Aegean, American University of Beirut, CSIC - Instituto de Ciencias del Mar (ICM), Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (España), Junta de Andalucía, Université Côte d'Azur, Ragkousis, Michail, Zenetos, Argyro, Souissi, Jamila Ben, Hoffman, Razy, Ghanem, Raouia, Taşkın, Ergün, Muresan, Mihaela, Karpova, Evgeniia, Slynko, Elena, Dağlı, Ertan, Fortič, Ana, Surugiu, Victor, Mačić, Vesna, Trkov, Domen, Rjiba-Bahri, Wafa, Tsiamis, Konstantinos, Ramos-Esplá, Alfonso A., Petović, Slavica, Ferrario, Jasmine, Marchini, Agnese, Sconfietti, Renato, Ammar, Izdihar, Alo, Alaa, Edelist, Dori, Begun, Tatiana, Teaca, Adrian, Tari, Gokhan, Huseyinoglu, Mehmet Fatih, Karachle, Paraskevi K., Dogrammatzi, Aikaterini, Apostolopoulos, Giorgos A., Crocetta, Fabio, Kytinou, Eleni, Digenis, Markos, Skouradakis, Grigorios, Tomàs, Fiona, Bariche, Michel, Kaminas, Alexandros, Konida, Kassiani, Deidun, Alan, Marrone, Alessio, Fraschetti, Simonetta, Mihneva, Vesselina, Bianchi, Carlo Nike, Morri, Carla, Gerovasileiou, Vasilis, Lipej, Lovrenc, Sini, Maria, Mangialajo, Luisa, Zotou, Maria, Skolka, Marius, Azzurro, Ernesto, Vella, Adriana, Dailianis, Thanos, Grigoriou, Panos, Jiménez, Carlos, Tsirintanis, Konstantinos, Oikonomidis, Georgios, Mancini, Emanuele, Papadakis, Orestis, Di Martino, Vincenzo, Chatzigeorgiou, Giorgos, Ben Amor, Mohamed Mourad, Vernadou, Emmanouela, Arda, Yaprak, Minasidis, Vasileios, Azzola, Annalisa, Hadjioannou, Louis, Montefalcone, Monica, Baldacchino, Yacopo, Stancanelli, Bessy, Bonifazi, Andrea, Occhipinti-Ambrogi, Anna, Smeraldo, Sonia, Evans, Julian, Kondylatos, Gerasimos, Falautano, Manuela, Castriota, Luca, Lamprou, Aggelos, Rizgalla, Jamila, Mavrič, Borut, Papadimitriou, Evangelos, Kersting, D. K., Schembri, Patrick J., Khamassi, Faten, Nikolaou, Athanasios, Ballesteros, Enric, Dimitriadis, Charalampos, García, María, Anastasiadis, Athanasios, Kalogirou, Stefanos, Nalmpanti, Melina, Altamirano, María, Grech, Daniele, Mavrouleas, Dimitrios, Vella, Noel, Darmanin, Sandra Agius, Dragičević, Branko, Poursanidis, Dimitris, and Tsatiris, Alexandros

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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).

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2023

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

Author

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

Subjects
Introduced organisms -- Mediterranean Sea, Marine animals -- Mediterranean Sea, Marine animals -- Black Sea, Climatic changes -- Black Sea Region, Climatic changes -- Mediterranean Region, Introduced organisms -- Black Sea
Abstract

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)., peer-reviewed

Published
2023

20. Building the Molecular Biodiversity Greece Community

Author

Aravanopoulos, Filippos A, Arvanitidis, Christos, Bista, Iliana, Dailianis, Thanos, Galanis, Alex, Ioannidis, Panagiotis, Kapli, Paschalia, Klapa, Maria I., Kolovos, Petros, Kotoulas, Georgios, Magoulas, Antonios N., Manousaki, Tereza, Pafilis, Evangelos, Papageorgiou, Aristotelis C., Papakostas, Spiros, Paragkamian, Savvas, Pavlidis, Pavlos, Pavloudi, Christina, Poulakakis, Nikos, Psomopoulos, Fotis, Reczko, Martin, Sagonas, Kostas, Stamatakis, Alexandros, Theofanopoulou, Constantina, Triantafyllidis, Alexandros, Tsigenopoulos, Costas S., Vasileiadou, Katerina, and Zafeiropoulos, Haris

Subjects
strategy document, molecular biodiversity, Greece, network of networks, community building
Abstract

In the face of the biodiversity crisis, concerted efforts towards understanding the effects of climate change and habitat loss and fragmentation, both locally and globally, are urgently needed. These are often attempted by leveraging the advances of modern genomics and bioinformatics methodologies. Especially in biodiversity hotspots, the need to understand, monitor and mitigate the loss of biodiversity is pivotal. Greece is a country with especially high endemism. A large percentage of its endemic species is threatened by climate change and human activities. To this end, the national academic community in biodiversity genomics has established a corresponding network of scientists from various Greek research institutes and universities covering different disciplines of biodiversity research. The network aims to support and combine individual actions to establish a Task Force that will channel the flow of information amongst researchers, policy makers, stakeholders and the local society. Our overarching goal is to build a sustainable community and infrastructure for the efficient management of the entire molecular biodiversity data cycle (i.e., from production and storage to the analysis and modelling of data, development of computational tools, and knowledge extraction). Using national and European infrastructures, such as ELIXIR and LifeWatch, we envision to set the ground for studying biodiversity through the lens of biodiversity genomics and offer evidence-based knowledge to guide management of the habitats and the biodiversity they host, as well as the implementation of appropriate policies.

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2022
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21. Isotopic Niche and Trophic Position of the Invasive Portunid Portunus segnis Forskål, (1775) in Elounda Bay (Crete Island, Eastern Mediterranean)

Author

Mancinelli, Giorgio, primary, Dailianis, Thanos, additional, Dounas, Costas, additional, Kasapidis, Panagiotis, additional, Koulouri, Panayota, additional, Skouradakis, Grigorios, additional, Bardelli, Roberta, additional, Di Muri, Cristina, additional, Guerra, Maria Teresa, additional, and Vizzini, Salvatrice, additional

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2022
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23. Long‐duration remote underwater videos reveal that grazing by fishes is highly variable through time and dominated by non‐indigenous species

Author

Magneville, Camille, Leréec Le Bricquir, Marie‐lou, Dailianis, Thanos, Skouradakis, Grigorios, Claverie, Thomas, Villéger, Sébastien, Magneville, Camille, Leréec Le Bricquir, Marie‐lou, Dailianis, Thanos, Skouradakis, Grigorios, Claverie, Thomas, and Villéger, Sébastien

Abstract

In the marine environment, fish contribute to key ecological processes such as controlling food-webs through top-down impacts, especially on algae. To date, the assessment of fish grazing activity has mostly been performed using short-term (<1 h) censuses by divers or remote cameras which do not allow estimating the variability of grazing rate within and between days. However, understanding the temporal variation of fish activity and hence contribution of species to ecosystem functioning is of particular interest in the context of biological invasion. Here, using long-duration remote underwater cameras, we recorded fish abundance and grazing events over three consecutive days in October 2019 in a shallow Mediterranean ecosystem from northern Crete. This novel approach allowed us to assess temporal variation of abundance and grazing activity of the two native (Sarpa salpa and Sparisoma cretense) and the two non-indigenous fish species (Siganus rivulatus and Siganus luridus). Non-indigenous Siganus rivulatus was the most common species in the studied coastal habitat, followed by the two native species while the non-indigenous Siganus luridus was scarce. Overall, the non-indigenous S. rivulatus and the native S. salpa are responsible for more than 90% of the recorded grazing activity with similar bite rates between the two species. More than 70% of the grazing activity arose in grazing pulses in the afternoon, supporting the diel feeding hypothesis according to which feeding is greater in the afternoon when nutritive quality of macrophytes is the highest. In addition, some of the highest peaks in grazing activity were driven by a few individuals. Hence, surveys of only abundance could not provide accurate estimates of herbivory. Last, Siganus rivulatus presence did not significantly affect grazing activity of the native Sarpa salpa. Our results demonstrate that long-duration remote underwater videos are a useful tool to accurately assess the contribution of fishes to e

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2022
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24. Early Succession Patterns of Benthic Assemblages on Artificial Reefs in the Oligotrophic Eastern Mediterranean Basin

Author

Universidad de Sevilla. Departamento de Zoología, European Union (UE), Rallis, Ioannis, Chatzigeorgiou, Giorgos, Florido Capilla, Marta, Sedano Vera, Francisco, Procopiou, Avgi, Chertz-Bynichaki, Melina, Vernadou, Emmanouela, Plaiti, Wanda, Koulouri, Panayota, Dounas, Costas, Gerovasileiou, Vasilis, Dailianis, Thanos, Universidad de Sevilla. Departamento de Zoología, European Union (UE), Rallis, Ioannis, Chatzigeorgiou, Giorgos, Florido Capilla, Marta, Sedano Vera, Francisco, Procopiou, Avgi, Chertz-Bynichaki, Melina, Vernadou, Emmanouela, Plaiti, Wanda, Koulouri, Panayota, Dounas, Costas, Gerovasileiou, Vasilis, and Dailianis, Thanos

Abstract

The colonization of artificial structures by benthic organisms in the marine realm is known to be affected by the general trophic patterns of the biogeographical zone and the prevailing environmental traits at the local scale. The present work aims to present quantitative data on the early settlement progress of macrofaunal benthic assemblages developing on artificial reefs (ARs) deployed at the Underwater Biotechnological Park of Crete (UBPC) in the oligotrophic Eastern Mediterranean. Visual census and subsequent image analysis combined with scraped quadrats were used to describe the establishment of the communities and their development over three consecutive campaigns, span-ning 5 years post-deployment. Macroalgae consistently dominated in terms of coverage, while sessile invertebrates displayed different patterns over the years. Polychaeta and Bryozoa were gradually replaced by Cnidaria, while Porifera and Mollusca displayed an increasing trend over the years. Motile benthos was mainly represented by Mollusca, while the abundance of Polychaeta increased in contrast to that of Crustacea. For both sessile and motile assemblages, significant differences were observed among the years. The results of this study indicate that ecological succession is still ongoing, and further improvement in the monitoring methodology can assist towards a more accurate assessment of the community composition in complex AR structures.

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2022

25. Fish acoustic community structure in Neptune seagrass meadows across the Mediterranean basin

Author

European Commission, Université de Liège, Bolgan, Marta, Di Iorio, Lucia, Dailianis, Thanos, Catalán, Ignacio Alberto, Lejeune, Pierre, Picciulin, Marta, Parmentier, Eric, European Commission, Université de Liège, Bolgan, Marta, Di Iorio, Lucia, Dailianis, Thanos, Catalán, Ignacio Alberto, Lejeune, Pierre, Picciulin, Marta, and Parmentier, Eric

Abstract

Sound production represents an integral part of social communication in many teleost fish; however, few studies have investigated the structure, organization and variability of fish sounds at the community level. Fish acoustic community structure was recorded simultaneously in three sites located along the Mediterranean basin within the endemic habitat of Posidonia oceanica seagrass beds. Acoustic diversity and species-specific sound features were expected to differ between locations. We predicted that, in communities characterized by higher acoustic richness, fish species would specialize in their use of acoustic resources (i.e. realized acoustic niche compression), while the overall allocation of resources within the community signal space would expand. The fish acoustic communities inhabiting Posidonia beds were characterized by the same main contributors (the /Kwa/, Ophidion rochei and Sciaena umbra sound types). However, their relative occurrence, abundances and use of acoustic resources were site-specific. Acoustic diversity differed between geographic locations. The range of spectral and temporal resources exploited by the fish acoustic community was wider in sites where acoustic richness was at its highest score. Ophidion rochei was highly specialized in its use of temporal resources where acoustic richness was higher, whilst S. umbra appeared less efficient in specializing the use of spectral and temporal resources. By showing that the same species can exploit different acoustic resources between locations, this study supports the concept of Acoustic Niche plasticity (i.e. plasticity of acoustic resources allocation within a species). The results suggest that the degree of acoustic niche plasticity might be determined by the species-specific degree of sound-producing system plasticity. In turn, different degrees of acoustic niche plasticity might determine different species-specific levels of acoustic adaptability to changing biotic or environmental conditi

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2022

28. Early Succession Patterns of Benthic Assemblages on Artificial Reefs in the Oligotrophic Eastern Mediterranean Basin

Author

Rallis, Ioannis, primary, Chatzigeorgiou, Giorgos, additional, Florido, Marta, additional, Sedano, Francisco, additional, Procopiou, Avgi, additional, Chertz-Bynichaki, Melina, additional, Vernadou, Emmanouela, additional, Plaiti, Wanda, additional, Koulouri, Panayota, additional, Dounas, Costas, additional, Gerovasileiou, Vasilis, additional, and Dailianis, Thanos, additional

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2022
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29. Additional file 1 of Shift and homogenization of gut microbiome during invasion in marine fishes

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Escalas, Arthur, Auguet, Jean-Christophe, Avouac, Amandine, Belmaker, Jonathan, Dailianis, Thanos, Kiflawi, Moshe, Pickholtz, Renanel, Skouradakis, Grigorios, and Villéger, Sébastien

Subjects
ComputingMethodologies_DOCUMENTANDTEXTPROCESSING, ComputingMilieux_COMPUTERSANDEDUCATION, Data_FILES, ComputerApplications_COMPUTERSINOTHERSYSTEMS
Abstract

Additional file 1: Supplementary tables and figures.

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2022
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30. Sponge assemblages along the light gradient in semi-submerged artificial caves in the Eastern Adriatic

Author

Bakran-Petricioli, Tatjana, Petricioli, Donat, Gerovasileiou, Vasilis, Dailianis, Thanos, van der Windt, Niels, Paix, Benoît, de Voogd, Nicole J., and Hrab, Pavlo

Subjects
sponge species diversity, benthic communities in marine caves, model marine caves, Dugi otok Island, Mediterranean
Abstract

Both the composition and abundance of benthic species within marine caves are strongly affected by the caves’ topography, geomorphology, and prevailing environmental gradients. These conditions vary considerably among natural marine caves, often at a fine geographical scale, making drawing comparisons and identifying general patterns very difficult. After the Second World War, a dozen of navy ship shelters were built on the rocky coastline of islands within the eastern Adriatic. These constructions take the form of blind-end tunnels, extending about 100 to 140 m in length, 10 to 12 m wide, with approx. 4 to 6 m of water depth and 15 m of height above sea level. Their underwater walls are either composed of natural limestone or made of concrete. The entrances of these artificial semi-submerged marine caves receive some sunlight but, as illumination diminishes towards the inner parts, their backs are mostly dark. Today they are mainly used by fishers and visited by nautical tourists. Here we report preliminary results on the distribution of benthic taxa, focusing on sponges, along the light gradient in two artificial caves on Dugi otok Island, Croatia. We measured light intensity and temperature conditions in four sectors in each cave. A total of 195 photoquadrats have been collected along with qualitative samples for species identification. Sponges are the dominant invertebrate phylum on the cave walls. So far, 35 Porifera taxa have been identified (33 Demospongiae and 2 Homoscleromorpha) ; 29 taxa in one vs. 22 taxa in the other cave. Differences in the assemblage structure and cover in different cave sectors will be presented. The simplified shape of these “twin” artificial caves, coupled with their accessibility, make them excellent models for investigating whether their sponge assemblages have reached a climax stage, like in neighbouring natural sea caves.

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2022

33. Where Is More Important Than How in Coastal and Marine Ecosystems Restoration

Author

Fraschetti, Simonetta, primary, McOwen, Chris, additional, Papa, Loredana, additional, Papadopoulou, Nadia, additional, Bilan, Meri, additional, Boström, Christoffer, additional, Capdevila, Pol, additional, Carreiro-Silva, Marina, additional, Carugati, Laura, additional, Cebrian, Emma, additional, Coll, Marta, additional, Dailianis, Thanos, additional, Danovaro, Roberto, additional, De Leo, Francesco, additional, Fiorentino, Dario, additional, Gagnon, Karine, additional, Gambi, Cristina, additional, Garrabou, Joaquim, additional, Gerovasileiou, Vasilis, additional, Hereu, Bernat, additional, Kipson, Silvija, additional, Kotta, Jonne, additional, Ledoux, Jean-Baptiste, additional, Linares, Cristina, additional, Martin, Juliette, additional, Medrano, Alba, additional, Montero-Serra, I., additional, Morato, Telmo, additional, Pusceddu, Antonio, additional, Sevastou, Katerina, additional, Smith, Christopher J., additional, Verdura, Jana, additional, and Guarnieri, Giuseppe, additional

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2021
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34. Will the lionfish (Pterois miles) conquer the Adriatic Sea?

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Bakran-Petricioli, Tatjana, Petricioli, Donat, Gerovasileiou, Vasilis, Dailianis, Thanos, Zurub, Damir, Dragičević, Branko, Dulčić, Jakov, and Jelaska, Sven D.

Subjects
invasive species spreading, new finding, Vis Island, Mediterranean
Abstract

The scorpaenid fish Pterois miles (Bennett, 1828), originating from the Indo-Pacific, is considered one of the worst invasive species in the Mediterranean Sea. Once established, its populations can have damaging effects on native communities, resulting in biodiversity loss, habitat degradation, and economic effects on the fishing industry and marine-based activities as evidenced in the Eastern Mediterranean (e.g. Cyprus and Greece). Their biological traits and ecological habits: early maturity, high growth rate and fecundity, long-range larval dispersion, venomous spines, generalist diet, and habitat flexibility, combined with lack of native predators facilitate their spreading and establishment success. In the Adriatic Sea the lionfish was recorded for the first time in summer of 2019 along the Italian and Albanian coasts (in the Strait of Otranto) and in summer 2020 ca. 90 km northwest from the Otranto Strait in Apulia. Here we report a single spotting of P. miles in August 2021, on the Island Vis near Komiža, more than 250 km northwest from the previous (2020) sighting in the Adriatic Sea. The fish was approx. 13 cm long, spotted at 15 m depth, on a rocky bottom covered with algae. Contrary to prediction models, this finding shows that the species could spread even further to the north than expected. Despite the efforts of Croatian scientists to warn about the possible danger, no proper actions of relevant national authorities have been initiated to date to tackle the issue. Monitoring and population controlling actions are urgently needed as a rapid response following early detection of invasive species is considered the best approach in potential damage mitigation. Although the number of individuals found at particular locations in the Adriatic so far was small (1 or 2 fish), there is an urgent need to educate divers, fishers and the wide public about the matter and to develop legal protocol for eradication. Moreover, a Croatian network for collecting and exchanging information about the fish spotting targeted for divers and fishers should be established. Due to climate change it could be expected that the sea temperature of the Adriatic will rise in the future making it more suitable for the establishment of the lionfish and formation of dense populations.

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2021

35. Where Is More Important Than How in Coastal and Marine Ecosystems Restoration

Author

Fraschetti, Simonetta, McOwen, Chris, Papa, Loredana, Papadopoulou, Nadia, Bilan, Meri, Boström, Christoffer, Capdevila, Pol, Carreiro-Silva, Marina, Carugati, Laura, Cebrian, Emma, Coll, Marta, Dailianis, Thanos, Danovaro, Roberto, De Leo, Francesco, Fiorentino, Dario, Gagnon, Karine, Gambi, Cristina, Garrabou, Joaquim, Gerovasileiou, Vasilis, Hereu, Bernat, Kipson, Silvija, Kotta, Jonne, Ledoux, Jean-Baptiste, Linares, Cristina, Martin, Juliette, Medrano, Alba, Montero-Serra, I., Morato, Telmo, Pusceddu, Antonio, Sevastou, Katerina, Smith, Christopher J., Verdura, Jana, Guarnieri, Giuseppe, Fraschetti, Simonetta, McOwen, Chris, Papa, Loredana, Papadopoulou, Nadia, Bilan, Meri, Boström, Christoffer, Capdevila, Pol, Carreiro-Silva, Marina, Carugati, Laura, Cebrian, Emma, Coll, Marta, Dailianis, Thanos, Danovaro, Roberto, De Leo, Francesco, Fiorentino, Dario, Gagnon, Karine, Gambi, Cristina, Garrabou, Joaquim, Gerovasileiou, Vasilis, Hereu, Bernat, Kipson, Silvija, Kotta, Jonne, Ledoux, Jean-Baptiste, Linares, Cristina, Martin, Juliette, Medrano, Alba, Montero-Serra, I., Morato, Telmo, Pusceddu, Antonio, Sevastou, Katerina, Smith, Christopher J., Verdura, Jana, and Guarnieri, Giuseppe

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2021

36. The Essentials of Marine Biotechnology

Author

Rotter, Ana, Barbier, Michéle, Bertoni, Francesco, Bones, Atle M., Cancela, M. Leonor, Carlsson, Jens, Carvalho, Maria F., Cegłowska, Marta, Chirivella-Martorell, Jerónimo, Conk Dalay, Meltem, Cueto, Mercedes, Dailianis, Thanos, Deniz, Irem, Díaz-Marrero, Ana R., Drakulovic, Dragana, Dubnika, Arita, Edwards, Christine, Einarsson, Hjörleifur, Erdoǧan, Ayşegül, Eroldoǧan, Orhan Tufan, Ezra, David, Fazi, Stefano, FitzGerald, Richard J., Gargan, Laura M., Gaudêncio, Susana P., Gligora Udovič, Marija, Ivošević DeNardis, Nadica, Jónsdóttir, Rósa, Kataržytė, Marija, Klun, Katja, Kotta, Jonne, Ktari, Leila, Ljubešić, Zrinka, Lukić Bilela, Lada, Mandalakis, Manolis, Massa-Gallucci, Alexia, Matijošytė, Inga, Mazur-Marzec, Hanna, Mehiri, Mohamed, Nielsen, Søren Laurentius, Novoveská, Lucie, Overlingė, Donata, Perale, Giuseppe, Ramasamy, Praveen, Rebours, Céline, Reinsch, Thorsten, Reyes, Fernando, Rinkevich, Baruch, Robbens, Johan, Röttinger, Eric, Rudovica, Vita, Sabotič, Jerica, Safarik, Ivo, Talve, Siret, Tasdemir, Deniz, Theodotou Schneider, Xenia, Thomas, Olivier P., Toruńska-Sitarz, Anna, Varese, Giovanna Cristina, Vasquez, Marlen I., Rotter, Ana, Barbier, Michéle, Bertoni, Francesco, Bones, Atle M., Cancela, M. Leonor, Carlsson, Jens, Carvalho, Maria F., Cegłowska, Marta, Chirivella-Martorell, Jerónimo, Conk Dalay, Meltem, Cueto, Mercedes, Dailianis, Thanos, Deniz, Irem, Díaz-Marrero, Ana R., Drakulovic, Dragana, Dubnika, Arita, Edwards, Christine, Einarsson, Hjörleifur, Erdoǧan, Ayşegül, Eroldoǧan, Orhan Tufan, Ezra, David, Fazi, Stefano, FitzGerald, Richard J., Gargan, Laura M., Gaudêncio, Susana P., Gligora Udovič, Marija, Ivošević DeNardis, Nadica, Jónsdóttir, Rósa, Kataržytė, Marija, Klun, Katja, Kotta, Jonne, Ktari, Leila, Ljubešić, Zrinka, Lukić Bilela, Lada, Mandalakis, Manolis, Massa-Gallucci, Alexia, Matijošytė, Inga, Mazur-Marzec, Hanna, Mehiri, Mohamed, Nielsen, Søren Laurentius, Novoveská, Lucie, Overlingė, Donata, Perale, Giuseppe, Ramasamy, Praveen, Rebours, Céline, Reinsch, Thorsten, Reyes, Fernando, Rinkevich, Baruch, Robbens, Johan, Röttinger, Eric, Rudovica, Vita, Sabotič, Jerica, Safarik, Ivo, Talve, Siret, Tasdemir, Deniz, Theodotou Schneider, Xenia, Thomas, Olivier P., Toruńska-Sitarz, Anna, Varese, Giovanna Cristina, and Vasquez, Marlen I.

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Coastal countries have traditionally relied on the existing marine resources (e.g., fishing, food, transport, recreation, and tourism) as well as tried to support new economic endeavors (ocean energy, desalination for water supply, and seabed mining). Modern societies and lifestyle resulted in an increased demand for dietary diversity, better health and well-being, new biomedicines, natural cosmeceuticals, environmental conservation, and sustainable energy sources. These societal needs stimulated the interest of researchers on the diverse and underexplored marine environments as promising and sustainable sources of biomolecules and biomass, and they are addressed by the emerging field of marine (blue) biotechnology. Blue biotechnology provides opportunities for a wide range of initiatives of commercial interest for the pharmaceutical, biomedical, cosmetic, nutraceutical, food, feed, agricultural, and related industries. This article synthesizes the essence, opportunities, responsibilities, and challenges encountered in marine biotechnology and outlines the attainment and valorization of directly derived or bio-inspired products from marine organisms. First, the concept of bioeconomy is introduced. Then, the diversity of marine bioresources including an overview of the most prominent marine organisms and their potential for biotechnological uses are described. This is followed by introducing methodologies for exploration of these resources and the main use case scenarios in energy, food and feed, agronomy, bioremediation and climate change, cosmeceuticals, bio-inspired materials, healthcare, and well-being sectors. The key aspects in the fields of legislation and funding are provided, with the emphasis on the importance of communication and stakeholder engagement at all levels of biotechnology development. Finally, vital overarching concepts, such as the quadruple helix and Responsible Research and Innovation principle are highlighted as important to follow within th

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37. The Essentials of Marine Biotechnology

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Slovenian Research Agency, Research Council of Norway, European Maritime and Fisheries Fund, European Commission, Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación (España), Interreg, Cabildo de Tenerife, Universidad de La Laguna, Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (Portugal), National Science Centre (Poland), Department of Agriculture, Food and Marine (Ireland), European Cooperation in Science and Technology, Rotter, Ana, Barbier, Michéle, Bertoni, Francesco, Bones, Atle M., Cancela, M. Leonor, Carlsson, Jens, Carvalho, Maria F., Cegłowska, Marta, Chirivella-Martorell, Jerónimo, Conk Dalay, Meltem, Cueto, Mercedes, Dailianis, Thanos, Deniz, Irem, Díaz-Marrero, Ana R., Drakulovic, Dragana, Dubnika, Arita, Edwards, Christine, Einarsson, Hjörleifur, Erdogan, Aysegül, Eroldogan, Orhan Tufan, Ezra, David, Fazi, Stefano, FitzGerald, Richard J., Gargan, Laura M., Gaudêncio, Susana P., Gligora Udovic, Marija, Ivoševic DeNardis, Nadica, Jónsdóttir, Rósa, Kataržytė, Marija, Klun, Katja, Kotta, Jonne, Ktari, Leila, Ljubešić, Zrinka, Lukić Bilela, Lada, Mandalakis, Manolis, Massa-Gallucci, Alexia, Matijošyte, Inga, Mazur-Marzec, Hanna, Mehiri, Mohamed, Laurentius Nielsen, Søren, Novoveská, Lucie, Overlingé, Donata, Perale, Guiseppe, Ramasamy, Praveen, Rebours, Céline, Reinsch, Thorsten, Reyes, Fernando, Rinkevich, Baruch, Robbens, Johan, Röttinger, Eric, Rudovica, Vita, Sabotic, Jerica, Safarik, Ivo, Talve, Siret, Tasdemir, Deniz, Theodotou Schneider, Xenia, Thomas, Olivier P., Torunska-Sitarz, Anna, Varese, Giovanna Cristina, Vasquez, Marlen I., Slovenian Research Agency, Research Council of Norway, European Maritime and Fisheries Fund, European Commission, Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación (España), Interreg, Cabildo de Tenerife, Universidad de La Laguna, Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (Portugal), National Science Centre (Poland), Department of Agriculture, Food and Marine (Ireland), European Cooperation in Science and Technology, Rotter, Ana, Barbier, Michéle, Bertoni, Francesco, Bones, Atle M., Cancela, M. Leonor, Carlsson, Jens, Carvalho, Maria F., Cegłowska, Marta, Chirivella-Martorell, Jerónimo, Conk Dalay, Meltem, Cueto, Mercedes, Dailianis, Thanos, Deniz, Irem, Díaz-Marrero, Ana R., Drakulovic, Dragana, Dubnika, Arita, Edwards, Christine, Einarsson, Hjörleifur, Erdogan, Aysegül, Eroldogan, Orhan Tufan, Ezra, David, Fazi, Stefano, FitzGerald, Richard J., Gargan, Laura M., Gaudêncio, Susana P., Gligora Udovic, Marija, Ivoševic DeNardis, Nadica, Jónsdóttir, Rósa, Kataržytė, Marija, Klun, Katja, Kotta, Jonne, Ktari, Leila, Ljubešić, Zrinka, Lukić Bilela, Lada, Mandalakis, Manolis, Massa-Gallucci, Alexia, Matijošyte, Inga, Mazur-Marzec, Hanna, Mehiri, Mohamed, Laurentius Nielsen, Søren, Novoveská, Lucie, Overlingé, Donata, Perale, Guiseppe, Ramasamy, Praveen, Rebours, Céline, Reinsch, Thorsten, Reyes, Fernando, Rinkevich, Baruch, Robbens, Johan, Röttinger, Eric, Rudovica, Vita, Sabotic, Jerica, Safarik, Ivo, Talve, Siret, Tasdemir, Deniz, Theodotou Schneider, Xenia, Thomas, Olivier P., Torunska-Sitarz, Anna, Varese, Giovanna Cristina, and Vasquez, Marlen I.

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Coastal countries have traditionally relied on the existing marine resources (e.g., fishing, food, transport, recreation, and tourism) as well as tried to support new economic endeavors (ocean energy, desalination for water supply, and seabed mining). Modern societies and lifestyle resulted in an increased demand for dietary diversity, better health and well-being, new biomedicines, natural cosmeceuticals, environmental conservation, and sustainable energy sources. These societal needs stimulated the interest of researchers on the diverse and underexplored marine environments as promising and sustainable sources of biomolecules and biomass, and they are addressed by the emerging field of marine (blue) biotechnology. Blue biotechnology provides opportunities for a wide range of initiatives of commercial interest for the pharmaceutical, biomedical, cosmetic, nutraceutical, food, feed, agricultural, and related industries. This article synthesizes the essence, opportunities, responsibilities, and challenges encountered in marine biotechnology and outlines the attainment and valorization of directly derived or bio-inspired products from marine organisms. First, the concept of bioeconomy is introduced. Then, the diversity of marine bioresources including an overview of the most prominent marine organisms and their potential for biotechnological uses are described. This is followed by introducing methodologies for exploration of these resources and the main use case scenarios in energy, food and feed, agronomy, bioremediation and climate change, cosmeceuticals, bio-inspired materials, healthcare, and well-being sectors. The key aspects in the fields of legislation and funding are provided, with the emphasis on the importance of communication and stakeholder engagement at all levels of biotechnology development. Finally, vital overarching concepts, such as the quadruple helix and Responsible Research and Innovation principle are highlighted as important to follow within th

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38. Where Is More Important Than How in Coastal and Marine Ecosystems Restoration

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Agencia Estatal de Investigación (España), European Commission, Fraschetti, Simonetta, McOwen, Chris J., Papa, Loredana, Papadopoulou, Nadia, Bilan, Meri, Boström, Christoffer, Capdevila, Pol, Carreiro-Silva, Marina, Carugati, Laura, Cebrian, Emma, Coll, Marta, Dailianis, Thanos, Danovaro, Roberto, De Leo, Francesco, Fiorentino, Dario, Gagnon, Karine, Gambi, María Cristina, Garrabou, Joaquim, Gerovasileiou, Vasilis, Hereu, Bernat, Kipson, Silvija, Kotte, Jonna, Ledoux, J. B., Linares, Cristina, Martin, Juliette, Medrano, Alba, Montero-Serra, Ignasi, Morato, Telmo, Pusceddu, Antonio, Sevastou, Katerina, Smith, Christopher J., Verdura, Jana, Guarnieri, Giuseppe, Agencia Estatal de Investigación (España), European Commission, Fraschetti, Simonetta, McOwen, Chris J., Papa, Loredana, Papadopoulou, Nadia, Bilan, Meri, Boström, Christoffer, Capdevila, Pol, Carreiro-Silva, Marina, Carugati, Laura, Cebrian, Emma, Coll, Marta, Dailianis, Thanos, Danovaro, Roberto, De Leo, Francesco, Fiorentino, Dario, Gagnon, Karine, Gambi, María Cristina, Garrabou, Joaquim, Gerovasileiou, Vasilis, Hereu, Bernat, Kipson, Silvija, Kotte, Jonna, Ledoux, J. B., Linares, Cristina, Martin, Juliette, Medrano, Alba, Montero-Serra, Ignasi, Morato, Telmo, Pusceddu, Antonio, Sevastou, Katerina, Smith, Christopher J., Verdura, Jana, and Guarnieri, Giuseppe

Abstract

Restoration is considered an effective strategy to accelerate the recovery of biological communities at local scale. However, the effects of restoration actions in the marine ecosystems are still unpredictable. We performed a global analysis of published literature to identify the factors increasing the probability of restoration success in coastal and marine systems. Our results confirm that the majority of active restoration initiatives are still concentrated in the northern hemisphere and that most of information gathered from restoration efforts derives from a relatively small subset of species. The analysis also indicates that many studies are still experimental in nature, covering small spatial and temporal scales. Despite the limits of assessing restoration effectiveness in absence of a standardized definition of success, the context (degree of human impact, ecosystem type, habitat) of where the restoration activity is undertaken is of greater relevance to a successful outcome than how (method) the restoration is carried out. Contrary to expectations, we found that restoration is not necessarily more successful closer to protected areas (PA) and in areas of moderate human impact. This result can be motivated by the limits in assessing the success of interventions and by the tendency of selecting areas in more obvious need of restoration, where the potential of actively restoring a degraded site is more evident. Restoration sites prioritization considering human uses and conservation status present in the region is of vital importance to obtain the intended outcomes and galvanize further actions.

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2021

40. The Essentials of Marine Biotechnology

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Rotter, Ana, primary, Barbier, Michéle, additional, Bertoni, Francesco, additional, Bones, Atle M., additional, Cancela, M. Leonor, additional, Carlsson, Jens, additional, Carvalho, Maria F., additional, Cegłowska, Marta, additional, Chirivella-Martorell, Jerónimo, additional, Conk Dalay, Meltem, additional, Cueto, Mercedes, additional, Dailianis, Thanos, additional, Deniz, Irem, additional, Díaz-Marrero, Ana R., additional, Drakulovic, Dragana, additional, Dubnika, Arita, additional, Edwards, Christine, additional, Einarsson, Hjörleifur, additional, Erdoǧan, Ayşegül, additional, Eroldoǧan, Orhan Tufan, additional, Ezra, David, additional, Fazi, Stefano, additional, FitzGerald, Richard J., additional, Gargan, Laura M., additional, Gaudêncio, Susana P., additional, Gligora Udovič, Marija, additional, Ivošević DeNardis, Nadica, additional, Jónsdóttir, Rósa, additional, Kataržytė, Marija, additional, Klun, Katja, additional, Kotta, Jonne, additional, Ktari, Leila, additional, Ljubešić, Zrinka, additional, Lukić Bilela, Lada, additional, Mandalakis, Manolis, additional, Massa-Gallucci, Alexia, additional, Matijošytė, Inga, additional, Mazur-Marzec, Hanna, additional, Mehiri, Mohamed, additional, Nielsen, Søren Laurentius, additional, Novoveská, Lucie, additional, Overlingė, Donata, additional, Perale, Giuseppe, additional, Ramasamy, Praveen, additional, Rebours, Céline, additional, Reinsch, Thorsten, additional, Reyes, Fernando, additional, Rinkevich, Baruch, additional, Robbens, Johan, additional, Röttinger, Eric, additional, Rudovica, Vita, additional, Sabotič, Jerica, additional, Safarik, Ivo, additional, Talve, Siret, additional, Tasdemir, Deniz, additional, Theodotou Schneider, Xenia, additional, Thomas, Olivier P., additional, Toruńska-Sitarz, Anna, additional, Varese, Giovanna Cristina, additional, and Vasquez, Marlen I., additional

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41. Figure 1a from: Pavloudi C, Yperifanou EI, Kristoffersen JB, Dailianis T, Gerovasileiou V (2021) Artificial Reef Monitoring Structures (ARMS) providing insights on hard substrate biodiversity and community structure of the Eastern Mediterranean Sea. ARPHA Conference Abstracts 4: e64760. https://doi.org/10.3897/aca.4.e64760

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Pavloudi, Christina, primary, Yperifanou, Eleni, additional, Kristoffersen, Jon, additional, Dailianis, Thanos, additional, and Gerovasileiou, Vasilis, additional

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43. A marine biodiversity observation network for genetic monitoring of hard-bottom communities (ARMS-MBON)

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Obst, Matthias, Exter, Katrina, Allcock, A. Louise, Arvanitidis, Christos, Axberg, Alizz, Bustamante, Maria, Cancio, Ibon, Carreira Flores, Diego, Chatzinikolaou, Eva, Chatzigeorgiou, Giorgos, Chrismas, Nathan, Clark, Melody S., Comtet, Thierry, Dailianis, Thanos, Davies, Neil, Deneudt, Klaas, Diaz de Cerio, Oihane, Fortič, Ana, Gerovasileiou, Vasilis, Hablützel, Pascal I., Keklikoglou, Kleoniki, Kotoulas, Georgios, Lasota, Rafal, Leite, Barbara R., Loisel, Stéphane, Lévêque, Laurent, Levy, Liraz, Malachowicz, Magdalena, Mavrič, Borut, Meyer, Christopher, Mortelmans, Jonas, Norkko, Joanna, Pade, Nicolas, Power, Anne Marie, Ramšak, Andreja, Reiss, Henning, Solbakken, Jostein, Staehr, Peter A., Sundberg, Per, Thyrring, Jakob, Souza Troncoso, Jesús, Viard, Frédérique, Wenne, Roman, Yperifanou, Eleni Ioanna, Zbawicka, Malgorzata, Pavloudi, Christina, Institut des Sciences de l'Evolution de Montpellier (UMR ISEM), École pratique des hautes études (EPHE), Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université de Montpellier (UM)-Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement (Cirad)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de recherche pour le développement [IRD] : UR226, Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement (Cirad)-École Pratique des Hautes Études (EPHE), Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université de Montpellier (UM)-Institut de recherche pour le développement [IRD] : UR226-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), European Commission, Biological stations, Ecosystems and Environment Research Programme, Tvärminne Benthic Ecology Team, Marine Ecosystems Research Group, and Tvärminne Zoological Station

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European Marine Biological Resource Centre (EMBRC), Matematikk og Naturvitenskap: 400::Zoologiske og botaniske fag: 480::Marinbiologi: 497 [VDP], 2417.13 Ecología Vegetal, gap, 2510.04 Botánica Marina, Matematikk og Naturvitenskap: 400::Geofag: 450 [VDP], Genomic Observatories, Essential Biodiversity Variables (EBVs), benthic invertebrates, non-indigenous species (NIS), 1181 Ecology, evolutionary biology, Matematikk og Naturvitenskap: 400::Zoologiske og botaniske fag: 480::Økologi: 488 [VDP], 2401 Biología Animal (Zoología), samples, Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD), Essential Ocean Variables (EOVs), marine biodiversity assessment, [SDE.BE]Environmental Sciences/Biodiversity and Ecology, 1172 Environmental sciences, ComputingMilieux_MISCELLANEOUS
Abstract

Marine hard-bottom communities are undergoing severe change under the influence of multiple drivers, notably climate change, extraction of natural resources, pollution and eutrophication, habitat degradation, and invasive species. Monitoring marine biodiversity in such habitats is, however, challenging as it typically involves expensive, non-standardized, and often destructive sampling methods that limit its scalability. Differences in monitoring approaches furthermore hinders inter-comparison among monitoring programs. Here, we announce a Marine Biodiversity Observation Network (MBON) consisting of Autonomous Reef Monitoring Structures (ARMS) with the aim to assess the status and changes in benthic fauna with genomic-based methods, notably DNA metabarcoding, in combination with image-based identifications. This article presents the results of a 30-month pilot phase in which we established an operational and geographically expansive ARMS-MBON. The network currently consists of 20 observatories distributed across European coastal waters and the polar regions, in which 134 ARMS have been deployed to date. Sampling takes place annually, either as short-term deployments during the summer or as long-term deployments starting in spring. The pilot phase was used to establish a common set of standards for field sampling, genetic analysis, data management, and legal compliance, which are presented here. We also tested the potential of ARMS for combining genetic and image-based identification methods in comparative studies of benthic diversity, as well as for detecting non-indigenous species. Results show that ARMS are suitable for monitoring hard-bottom environments as they provide genetic data that can be continuously enriched, re-analyzed, and integrated with conventional data to document benthic community composition and detect non-indigenous species. Finally, we provide guidelines to expand the network and present a sustainability plan as part of the European Marine Biological Resource Centre (www.embrc.eu). This ARMS-MBON network is funded by the infrastructure programs ASSEMBLE Plus (grant no. 730984) and the European Marine Biological Resource Centre, EMBRC. Both programs establish and maintain the core network and provide services and consultation for deployment, sample processing, sequencing, data management, and analysis. Funding for ARMS observatories in the North Sea Region was provided by the INTERREG project GEANS (North Sea Program of the European Regional Development Fund of the European Union) and the Swedish Agency for Marine and Water Management (grant no. 31812019), and the Flanders LifeWatch contribution (Research Foundation Flanders grant I000819N). The ARMS observatory in Roscoff also received support from the Aquanis 2.0 project (FONDATION Total). Data management and analysis was funded by Swedish LifeWatch grant from the Swedish Research council (grant no. 2017-00634) as well as the EOSC NORDIC project (grant no. 857652). Guiding documents to obtain ABS clearance for access to genetic resources were developed in the framework of projects INTERREG EBB (EAPA_501/2016) and H2020 EOSC-Life (grant no. 824087).

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2020

44. Coralligenous Assemblages Along Their Geographical Distribution: Testing Of Concepts And Implications For Management

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Cinar, Melih Ertan, Feral, Jean-Pierre, Arvanitidis, Christos, David, Romain, Taskin, Ergun, Sini, Maria, Dailianis, Thanos, Dogan, Alper, Gerovasileiou, Vasilis, Evcen, Alper, Chenuil, Anne, Dagli, Ertan, Aysel, Veysel, Issaris, Yannis, Bakir, Kerem, Nalmpanti, Melina, Sartoretto, Stephane, Salomidi, Maria, Sapouna, Anastasia, and Acik, Sermin

Abstract

The coralligenous habitat was studied at the large Mediterranean scale, by applying a standardized, non-destructive photo-sampling protocol, developed in the framework of the CIGESMED project. The results provided evidence to support the following statements: (a) the assemblage pattern is not homogeneously distributed across the four Mediterranean ecoregions studied (biotic gradients hypothesis); and (b) the assemblage pattern does not change significantly when the information is aggregated to higher taxonomic levels (taxonomic sufficiency hypothesis). Surrogate taxonomic categories higher than species, such as genus and family, can be used to reveal the multivariate pattern of the coralligenous assemblages. Although preliminary at the pan-Mediterranean scale, these outcomes set the scene for future comparisons as more data sets become available but also for comparisons between taxonomic and functional patterns. 1.2.3.4.

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2020

45. A Marine Biodiversity Observation Network for Genetic Monitoring of Hard-Bottom Communities (ARMS-MBON)

Author

Biología vegetal y ecología, Landaren biologia eta ekologia, Obst, Matthias, Exter, Katrina, Allcock, A. Louise, Arvanitidis, Christos, Axberg, Alizz, Bustamante González, María, Cancio Uriarte, Ibon, Carreira Flores, Diego, Chatzinikolaou, Eva, Chatzigeorgiou, Giorgos, Chrismas, Nathan, Clark, Melody S., Comtet, Thierry, Dailianis, Thanos, Davies, Neil, Deneudt, Klaas, Diaz de Cerio, Oihane, Fortič, Ana, Gerovasileiou, Vasilis, Hablützel, Pascal I., Keklikoglou, Kleoniki, Kotoulas, Georgios, Lasota, Rafal, Leite, Barbara R., Loisel, Stéphane, Lévêque, Laurent, Levy, Liraz, Malachowicz, Magdalena, Mavrič, Borut, Meyer, Christopher, Mortelmans, Jonas, Norkko, Joanna, Pade, Nicolas, Power, Anne Marie, Ramšak, Andreja, Reiss, Henning, Solbakken, Jostein, Staehr, Peter A., Sundberg, Per, Thyrring, Jakob, Troncoso, Jesus S., Viard, Frédérique, Wenne, Roman, Yperifanou, Eleni Ioanna, Zbawicka, Malgorzata, Pavloudi, Christina, Biología vegetal y ecología, Landaren biologia eta ekologia, Obst, Matthias, Exter, Katrina, Allcock, A. Louise, Arvanitidis, Christos, Axberg, Alizz, Bustamante González, María, Cancio Uriarte, Ibon, Carreira Flores, Diego, Chatzinikolaou, Eva, Chatzigeorgiou, Giorgos, Chrismas, Nathan, Clark, Melody S., Comtet, Thierry, Dailianis, Thanos, Davies, Neil, Deneudt, Klaas, Diaz de Cerio, Oihane, Fortič, Ana, Gerovasileiou, Vasilis, Hablützel, Pascal I., Keklikoglou, Kleoniki, Kotoulas, Georgios, Lasota, Rafal, Leite, Barbara R., Loisel, Stéphane, Lévêque, Laurent, Levy, Liraz, Malachowicz, Magdalena, Mavrič, Borut, Meyer, Christopher, Mortelmans, Jonas, Norkko, Joanna, Pade, Nicolas, Power, Anne Marie, Ramšak, Andreja, Reiss, Henning, Solbakken, Jostein, Staehr, Peter A., Sundberg, Per, Thyrring, Jakob, Troncoso, Jesus S., Viard, Frédérique, Wenne, Roman, Yperifanou, Eleni Ioanna, Zbawicka, Malgorzata, and Pavloudi, Christina

Abstract

Marine hard-bottom communities are undergoing severe change under the influence of multiple drivers, notably climate change, extraction of natural resources, pollution and eutrophication, habitat degradation, and invasive species. Monitoring marine biodiversity in such habitats is, however, challenging as it typically involves expensive, non-standardized, and often destructive sampling methods that limit its scalability. Differences in monitoring approaches furthermore hinders inter-comparison among monitoring programs. Here, we announce a Marine Biodiversity Observation Network (MBON) consisting of Autonomous Reef Monitoring Structures (ARMS) with the aim to assess the status and changes in benthic fauna with genomic-based methods, notably DNA metabarcoding, in combination with image-based identifications. This article presents the results of a 30-month pilot phase in which we established an operational and geographically expansive ARMS-MBON. The network currently consists of 20 observatories distributed across European coastal waters and the polar regions, in which 134 ARMS have been deployed to date. Sampling takes place annually, either as short-term deployments during the summer or as long-term deployments starting in spring. The pilot phase was used to establish a common set of standards for field sampling, genetic analysis, data management, and legal compliance, which are presented here. We also tested the potential of ARMS for combining genetic and image-based identification methods in comparative studies of benthic diversity, as well as for detecting non-indigenous species. Results show that ARMS are suitable for monitoring hard-bottom environments as they provide genetic data that can be continuously enriched, re-analyzed, and integrated with conventional data to document benthic community composition and detect non-indigenous species. Finally, we provide guidelines to expand the network and present a sustainability plan as part of the European Marine Biol

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2020

46. Unpublished Mediterranean records of marine alien and cryptogenic species

Author

Universidad de Alicante. Departamento de Ciencias del Mar y Biología Aplicada, Katsanevakis, Stelios, Poursanidis, Dimitris, Hoffman, Razy, Rizgalla, Jamila, Rothman, Shevy Bat-Sheva, Levitt-Barmats, Ya’arit, Hadjioannou, Louis, Trkov, Domen, Garmendia, Joxe Mikel, Rizzo, Miraine, Bartolo, Angela G., Bariche, Michel, Tomas, Fiona, Kleitou, Periklis, Schembri, Patrick J., Kletou, Demetris, Tiralongo, Francesco, Pergent, Christine, Pergent, Gérard, Azzurro, Ernesto, Bilecenoglu, Murat, Lodola, Alice, Ballesteros, Enric, Gerovasileiou, Vasilis, Verlaque, Marc, Occhipinti-Ambrogi, Anna, Kytinou, Eleni, Dailianis, Thanos, Ferrario, Jasmine, Crocetta, Fabio, Jimenez, Carlos, Evans, Julian, Ragkousis, Michail, Lipej, Lovrenc, Borg, Joseph A., Dimitriadis, Charalampos, Chatzigeorgiou, Giorgos, Albano, Paolo G., Kalogirou, Stefanos, Bazairi, Hocein, Espinosa, Free, Ben Souissi, Jamila, Tsiamis, Konstantinos, Badalamenti, Fabio, Langeneck, Joachim, Noel, Pierre, Deidun, Alan, Marchini, Agnese, Skouradakis, Grigorios, Royo, Laura, Sini, Maria, Bianchi, Carlo Nike, Sghaier, Yassine-Ramzi, Ghanem, Raouia, Doumpas, Nikos, Zaouali, Jeanne, Tsirintanis, Konstantinos, Papadakis, Orestis, Morri, Carla, Çinar, Melih Ertan, Terrados, Jorge, Insacco, Gianni, Zava, Bruno, Soufi-Kechaou, Emna, Piazzi, Luigi, Ben Amor, Khadija Ounifi, Andriotis, Emmanouil, Gambi, Maria Cristina, Ben Amor, Mohamed Mourad, Garrabou, Joaquim, Linares, Cristina, Fortič, Ana, Digenis, Markos, Cebrian, Emma, Fourt, Maïa, Zotou, Maria, Castriota, Luca, Di Martino, Vincenzo, Rosso, Antonietta, Pipitone, Carlo, Falautano, Manuela, García, María, Zakhama-Sraieb, Rym, Khamassi, Faten, Mannino, Anna Maria, Ktari, Mohamed Hédi, Kosma, Ioanna, Rifi, Mouna, Karachle, Paraskevi K., Yapıcı, Sercan, Bos, Arthur R., Balistreri, Paolo, Ramos-Esplá, Alfonso A., Tempesti, Jonathan, Inglese, Omar, Giovos, Ioannis, Damalas, Dimitrios, Benhissoune, Said, Huseyinoglu, Mehmet Fatih, Rjiba-Bahri, Wafa, Santamaría, Jorge, Orlando-Bonaca, Martina, Izquierdo Muñoz, Andrés, Stamouli, Caterina, Montefalcone, Monica, Cerim, Hasan, Golo, Raül, Tsioli, Soultana, Orfanidis, Sotiris, Michailidis, Nikolas, Gaglioti, Martina, Taşkın, Ergün, Mancuso, Emilio, Žunec, Ante, Cvitković, Ivan, Filiz, Halit, Sanfilippo, Rossana, Siapatis, Apostolos, Mavrič, Borut, Karaa, Sami, Türker, Ali, Monniot, Françoise, Verdura, Jana, El Ouamari, Najib, Selfati, Mohamed, Zenetos, Argyro, Universidad de Alicante. Departamento de Ciencias del Mar y Biología Aplicada, Katsanevakis, Stelios, Poursanidis, Dimitris, Hoffman, Razy, Rizgalla, Jamila, Rothman, Shevy Bat-Sheva, Levitt-Barmats, Ya’arit, Hadjioannou, Louis, Trkov, Domen, Garmendia, Joxe Mikel, Rizzo, Miraine, Bartolo, Angela G., Bariche, Michel, Tomas, Fiona, Kleitou, Periklis, Schembri, Patrick J., Kletou, Demetris, Tiralongo, Francesco, Pergent, Christine, Pergent, Gérard, Azzurro, Ernesto, Bilecenoglu, Murat, Lodola, Alice, Ballesteros, Enric, Gerovasileiou, Vasilis, Verlaque, Marc, Occhipinti-Ambrogi, Anna, Kytinou, Eleni, Dailianis, Thanos, Ferrario, Jasmine, Crocetta, Fabio, Jimenez, Carlos, Evans, Julian, Ragkousis, Michail, Lipej, Lovrenc, Borg, Joseph A., Dimitriadis, Charalampos, Chatzigeorgiou, Giorgos, Albano, Paolo G., Kalogirou, Stefanos, Bazairi, Hocein, Espinosa, Free, Ben Souissi, Jamila, Tsiamis, Konstantinos, Badalamenti, Fabio, Langeneck, Joachim, Noel, Pierre, Deidun, Alan, Marchini, Agnese, Skouradakis, Grigorios, Royo, Laura, Sini, Maria, Bianchi, Carlo Nike, Sghaier, Yassine-Ramzi, Ghanem, Raouia, Doumpas, Nikos, Zaouali, Jeanne, Tsirintanis, Konstantinos, Papadakis, Orestis, Morri, Carla, Çinar, Melih Ertan, Terrados, Jorge, Insacco, Gianni, Zava, Bruno, Soufi-Kechaou, Emna, Piazzi, Luigi, Ben Amor, Khadija Ounifi, Andriotis, Emmanouil, Gambi, Maria Cristina, Ben Amor, Mohamed Mourad, Garrabou, Joaquim, Linares, Cristina, Fortič, Ana, Digenis, Markos, Cebrian, Emma, Fourt, Maïa, Zotou, Maria, Castriota, Luca, Di Martino, Vincenzo, Rosso, Antonietta, Pipitone, Carlo, Falautano, Manuela, García, María, Zakhama-Sraieb, Rym, Khamassi, Faten, Mannino, Anna Maria, Ktari, Mohamed Hédi, Kosma, Ioanna, Rifi, Mouna, Karachle, Paraskevi K., Yapıcı, Sercan, Bos, Arthur R., Balistreri, Paolo, Ramos-Esplá, Alfonso A., Tempesti, Jonathan, Inglese, Omar, Giovos, Ioannis, Damalas, Dimitrios, Benhissoune, Said, Huseyinoglu, Mehmet Fatih, Rjiba-Bahri, Wafa, Santamaría, Jorge, Orlando-Bonaca, Martina, Izquierdo Muñoz, Andrés, Stamouli, Caterina, Montefalcone, Monica, Cerim, Hasan, Golo, Raül, Tsioli, Soultana, Orfanidis, Sotiris, Michailidis, Nikolas, Gaglioti, Martina, Taşkın, Ergün, Mancuso, Emilio, Žunec, Ante, Cvitković, Ivan, Filiz, Halit, Sanfilippo, Rossana, Siapatis, Apostolos, Mavrič, Borut, Karaa, Sami, Türker, Ali, Monniot, Françoise, Verdura, Jana, El Ouamari, Najib, Selfati, Mohamed, and Zenetos, Argyro

Abstract

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.

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2020

47. A New Network for the Advancement of Marine Biotechnology in Europe and Beyond

Author

Rotter, Ana, Bacu, Ariola, Barbier, Michèle, Bertoni, Francesco, Bones, Atle M., Cancela, M. Leonor, Carlsson, Jens, Carvalho, Maria F., Cegłowska, Marta, Dalay, Meltem Conk, Dailianis, Thanos, Deniz, Irem, Drakulovic, Dragana, Dubnika, Arita, Einarsson, Hjörleifur, Erdoğan, Ayşegül, Eroldoğan, Orhan Tufan, Ezra, David, Fazi, Stefano, FitzGerald, Richard J., Gargan, Laura M., Gaudêncio, Susana P., Ivošević DeNardis, Nadica, Joksimovic, Danijela, Kataržytė, Marija, Kotta, Jonne, Mandalakis, Manolis, Matijošytė, Inga, Mazur-Marzec, Hanna, Massa-Gallucci, Alexia, Mehiri, Mohamed, Nielsen, Søren Laurentius, Novoveská, Lucie, Overlingė, Donata, Portman, Michelle E., Pyrc, Krzysztof, Rebours, Céline, Reinsch, Thorsten, Reyes, Fernando, Rinkevich, Baruch, Robbens, Johan, Rudovica, Vita, Sabotič, Jerica, Safarik, Ivo, Talve, Siret, Tasdemir, Deniz, Schneider, Xenia Theodotou, Thomas, Olivier P., Toruńska-Sitarz, Anna, Varese, Giovanna Cristina, Vasquez, Marlen I., Rotter, Ana, Bacu, Ariola, Barbier, Michèle, Bertoni, Francesco, Bones, Atle M., Cancela, M. Leonor, Carlsson, Jens, Carvalho, Maria F., Cegłowska, Marta, Dalay, Meltem Conk, Dailianis, Thanos, Deniz, Irem, Drakulovic, Dragana, Dubnika, Arita, Einarsson, Hjörleifur, Erdoğan, Ayşegül, Eroldoğan, Orhan Tufan, Ezra, David, Fazi, Stefano, FitzGerald, Richard J., Gargan, Laura M., Gaudêncio, Susana P., Ivošević DeNardis, Nadica, Joksimovic, Danijela, Kataržytė, Marija, Kotta, Jonne, Mandalakis, Manolis, Matijošytė, Inga, Mazur-Marzec, Hanna, Massa-Gallucci, Alexia, Mehiri, Mohamed, Nielsen, Søren Laurentius, Novoveská, Lucie, Overlingė, Donata, Portman, Michelle E., Pyrc, Krzysztof, Rebours, Céline, Reinsch, Thorsten, Reyes, Fernando, Rinkevich, Baruch, Robbens, Johan, Rudovica, Vita, Sabotič, Jerica, Safarik, Ivo, Talve, Siret, Tasdemir, Deniz, Schneider, Xenia Theodotou, Thomas, Olivier P., Toruńska-Sitarz, Anna, Varese, Giovanna Cristina, and Vasquez, Marlen I.

Abstract

Marine organisms produce a vast diversity of metabolites with biological activities useful for humans, e.g., cytotoxic, antioxidant, anti-microbial, insecticidal, herbicidal, anticancer, pro-osteogenic and pro-regenerative, analgesic, anti-inflammatory, anticoagulant, cholesterol-lowering, nutritional, photoprotective, horticultural or other beneficial properties. These metabolites could help satisfy the increasing demand for alternative sources of nutraceuticals, pharmaceuticals, cosmeceuticals, food, feed, and novel bio-based products. In addition, marine biomass itself can serve as the source material for the production of various bulk commodities (e.g., biofuels, bioplastics, biomaterials). The sustainable exploitation of marine bio-resources and the development of biomolecules and polymers are also known as the growing field of marine biotechnology. Up to now, over 35,000 natural products have been characterized from marine organisms, but many more are yet to be uncovered, as the vast diversity of biota in the marine systems remains largely unexplored. Since marine biotechnology is still in its infancy, there is a need to create effective, operational, inclusive, sustainable, transnational and transdisciplinary networks with a serious and ambitious commitment for knowledge transfer, training provision, dissemination of best practices and identification of the emerging technological trends through science communication activities. A collaborative (net)work is today compelling to provide innovative solutions and products that can be commercialized to contribute to the circular bioeconomy. This perspective article highlights the importance of establishing such collaborative frameworks using the example of Ocean4Biotech, an Action within the European Cooperation in Science and Technology (COST) that connects all and any stakeholders with an interest in marine biotechnology in Europe and beyond.

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2020
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48. Unpublished Mediterranean records of marine alien and cryptogenic species

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European Commission, Agencia Estatal de Investigación (España), Katsanevakis, Stelios, Poursanidis, Dimitris, Hoffman, Razy, Rizgalla, Jamila, Rothman, Shevy Bat-Sheva, Levitt-Barmats, Ya’arit, Hadjioannou, Louis, Trkov, Domen, Garmendia, Joxe M., Rizzo, Miraine, Bartolo, Angela G., Pipitone, C., Digenis, Markos, Cebrian, Emma, Castriota, Luca, Di Martino, Vincenzo, Rosso, Antonietta, Orlando-Bonaca, Martina, Falautano, Manuela, García González, María, Zakhama-Sraieb, Rym, Cerim, Hasan, Yapıcı, Sercan, Khamassi, Faten, Santamaría, Jorge, Kosma, Ioanna, Rifi, Mouna, Karachle, Paraskevi K., Taşkın, Ergün, Bos, Arthur R., Balistreri, Paolo, Ramos-Esplá, Alfonso A., Huseyinoglu, Mehmet Fatih, Tempesti, Jonathan, Gaglioti, Martina, Giovos, Ioannis, Damalas, Dimitros, Benhissoune, Said, Türker, Ali, Rjiba-Bahri, Wafa, Izquierdo, Andrés, Stamouli, Caterina, Montefalcone, Monica, Tomàs, Fiona, Golo, Raül, Tsioli, Soultana, Orfanidis, Sotiris, Tiralongo, Francesco, Filiz, Halit, Michailidis, Nikolas, Bariche, Michel, Mancuso, Emilio, Žunec, Ante, Cvitković, Ivan, Gerovasileiou, Vasilis, Sanfilippo, Rossana, Siapatis, Apostolos, Mavrič, Borut, Selfati, Mohamed, Karaa, Sami, Ballesteros, Enric, Monniot, Françoise, Verdura, Jana, El Ouamari, Najib, Lipej, Lovrenc, Zenetos, Argyro, Kleitou, Periklis, Schembri, Patrick J., Kletou, Demetris, Ragkousis, Michail, Pergent, Christine, Pergent, Gérard, Azzurro, Ernesto, Tsiamis, Konstantinos, Dailianis, Thanos, Bilecenoglu, Murat, Lodola, Alice, Verlaque, Marc, Occhipinti-Ambrogi, Anna, Kytinou, Eleni, Royo, Laura, Ferrario, Jasmine, Crocetta, Fabio, Jiménez, Carlos, Albano, Paolo G., Evans, Julian, Skouradakis, Grigorios, Borg, Joseph A., Dimitriadis, Charalampos, Chatzigeorgiou, Giorgos, Çinar, Melih Ertan, Kalogirou, Stefanos, Bazairi, Hocein, Espinosa, Free, Ben Souissi, Jamila, Morri, Carla, Badalamenti, F., Langeneck, Joachim, Noel, Pierre, Ben Amor, Mohamed Mourad, Ghanem, Raouia, Deidun, Alan, Marchini, Agnese, Sini, Maria, Bianchi, Carlo Nike, Sghaier, Yassine-Ramzi, Zotou, Maria, Doumpas, Nikos, Zaouali, Jeanne, Tsirintanis, Konstantinos, Soufi-Kechaou, Emna, Papadakis, Orestis, Fourt, Maïa, Terrados, Jorge, Insacco, Gianni, Zava, Bruno, Hédi Ktari, Mohamed, Piazzi, Luigi, Ben Amor, Khadija Ounifi, Andriotis, Emmanouil, Gambi, María Cristina, Maninno, Anna Maria, Garrabou, Joaquim, Linares, Cristina, Fortič, Ana, Inglese, Omar, European Commission, Agencia Estatal de Investigación (España), Katsanevakis, Stelios, Poursanidis, Dimitris, Hoffman, Razy, Rizgalla, Jamila, Rothman, Shevy Bat-Sheva, Levitt-Barmats, Ya’arit, Hadjioannou, Louis, Trkov, Domen, Garmendia, Joxe M., Rizzo, Miraine, Bartolo, Angela G., Pipitone, C., Digenis, Markos, Cebrian, Emma, Castriota, Luca, Di Martino, Vincenzo, Rosso, Antonietta, Orlando-Bonaca, Martina, Falautano, Manuela, García González, María, Zakhama-Sraieb, Rym, Cerim, Hasan, Yapıcı, Sercan, Khamassi, Faten, Santamaría, Jorge, Kosma, Ioanna, Rifi, Mouna, Karachle, Paraskevi K., Taşkın, Ergün, Bos, Arthur R., Balistreri, Paolo, Ramos-Esplá, Alfonso A., Huseyinoglu, Mehmet Fatih, Tempesti, Jonathan, Gaglioti, Martina, Giovos, Ioannis, Damalas, Dimitros, Benhissoune, Said, Türker, Ali, Rjiba-Bahri, Wafa, Izquierdo, Andrés, Stamouli, Caterina, Montefalcone, Monica, Tomàs, Fiona, Golo, Raül, Tsioli, Soultana, Orfanidis, Sotiris, Tiralongo, Francesco, Filiz, Halit, Michailidis, Nikolas, Bariche, Michel, Mancuso, Emilio, Žunec, Ante, Cvitković, Ivan, Gerovasileiou, Vasilis, Sanfilippo, Rossana, Siapatis, Apostolos, Mavrič, Borut, Selfati, Mohamed, Karaa, Sami, Ballesteros, Enric, Monniot, Françoise, Verdura, Jana, El Ouamari, Najib, Lipej, Lovrenc, Zenetos, Argyro, Kleitou, Periklis, Schembri, Patrick J., Kletou, Demetris, Ragkousis, Michail, Pergent, Christine, Pergent, Gérard, Azzurro, Ernesto, Tsiamis, Konstantinos, Dailianis, Thanos, Bilecenoglu, Murat, Lodola, Alice, Verlaque, Marc, Occhipinti-Ambrogi, Anna, Kytinou, Eleni, Royo, Laura, Ferrario, Jasmine, Crocetta, Fabio, Jiménez, Carlos, Albano, Paolo G., Evans, Julian, Skouradakis, Grigorios, Borg, Joseph A., Dimitriadis, Charalampos, Chatzigeorgiou, Giorgos, Çinar, Melih Ertan, Kalogirou, Stefanos, Bazairi, Hocein, Espinosa, Free, Ben Souissi, Jamila, Morri, Carla, Badalamenti, F., Langeneck, Joachim, Noel, Pierre, Ben Amor, Mohamed Mourad, Ghanem, Raouia, Deidun, Alan, Marchini, Agnese, Sini, Maria, Bianchi, Carlo Nike, Sghaier, Yassine-Ramzi, Zotou, Maria, Doumpas, Nikos, Zaouali, Jeanne, Tsirintanis, Konstantinos, Soufi-Kechaou, Emna, Papadakis, Orestis, Fourt, Maïa, Terrados, Jorge, Insacco, Gianni, Zava, Bruno, Hédi Ktari, Mohamed, Piazzi, Luigi, Ben Amor, Khadija Ounifi, Andriotis, Emmanouil, Gambi, María Cristina, Maninno, Anna Maria, Garrabou, Joaquim, Linares, Cristina, Fortič, Ana, and Inglese, Omar

Abstract

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.

Published
2020

49. Pinna nobilis in the Greek seas (NE Mediterranean): on the brink of extinction?

Author

ZOTOU, MARIA, primary, GKRANTOUNIS, PAVLOS, additional, KARADIMOU, ELPIDA, additional, TSIRINTANIS, KONSTANTINOS, additional, SINI, MARIA, additional, POURSANIDIS, DIMITRIS, additional, AZZOLIN, MARTA, additional, DAILIANIS, THANOS, additional, KYTINOU, ELENI, additional, ISSARIS, YIANNIS, additional, GERAKARIS, VASILIS, additional, SALOMIDI, MARIA, additional, LARDI, POLY, additional, RAMFOS, ALEXIS, additional, AKRIVOS, VASILIS, additional, SPINOS, EFTHIMIOS, additional, DIMITRIADIS, CHARALAMPOS, additional, PAPAGEORGIOU, DIMITRIS, additional, LATTOS, ATHANASIOS, additional, GIANTSIS, IOANNIS A., additional, MICHAELIDIS, BASILE, additional, VASSILOPOULOU, VASILIKI, additional, MILIOU, ANASTASIA, additional, and KATSANEVAKIS, STELIOS, additional

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2020
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50. Coralligenous assemblages along their geographical distribution: Testing of concepts and implications for management

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Çinar, Melih Ertan, primary, Féral, Jean‐Pierre, additional, Arvanitidis, Christos, additional, David, Romain, additional, Taşkin, Ergün, additional, Sini, Maria, additional, Dailianis, Thanos, additional, Doğan, Alper, additional, Gerovasileiou, Vasilis, additional, Evcen, Alper, additional, Chenuil, Anne, additional, Dağli, Ertan, additional, Aysel, Veysel, additional, Issaris, Yannis, additional, Bakir, Kerem, additional, Nalmpantı, Melina, additional, Sartoretto, Stephane, additional, Salomidi, Maria, additional, Sapouna, Anastasia, additional, Açik, Sermin, additional, Dimitriadis, Charalampos, additional, Koutsoubas, Drosos, additional, Katağan, Tuncer, additional, Öztürk, Bilal, additional, Koçak, Ferah, additional, Erdogan‐Dereli, Deniz, additional, Önen, Senem, additional, Özgen, Özge, additional, Türkçü, Neslihan, additional, Kirkim, Fevzi, additional, and Önen, Mesut, additional

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2020
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