Original scientific paper

https://doi.org/10.32582/aa.58.3.4

Setting-up a billboard of marine invasive species in the ESENIAS area: current situation and future expectancies

Paraskevi K. KARACHLE ; Institute of Marine Biological Resources and Inland Waters, Hellenic Centre for Marine Research, 46.7 km Athens Sounio ave., P.O. Box 712, 19013 Anavyssos Attiki, Greece
Maria CORSINI FOKA ; Institute of Oceanography, Hydrobiological Station of Rhodes, Hellenic Center for Marine Research, Cos Street, 85100 Rhodes, Greece
Fabio CROCETTA ; Institute of Marine Biological Resources and Inland Waters, Hellenic Centre for Marine Research, 46.7 km Athens Sounio ave., P.O. Box 712, 19013 Anavyssos Attiki, Greece
Jakov DULČIĆ ; Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries, Šetalište I. Meštrovića 63, 21000 Split, Croatia
Nina DZHEMBEKOVA ; Institute of Oceanology, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, First May Street 40, P.O.Box 152, Varna 9000, Bulgaria
Marika GALANIDI ; Institute of Marine Sciences and Technology, Dokuz Eylül University, Haydar Aliyev Bul., No:100, 35430, Inciraltı-Izmir, Turkey
Petya IVANOVA ; Institute of Oceanology, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, First May Street 40, P.O.Box 152, Varna 9000, Bulgaria
Noa SHENKAR ; School of Zoology, George S. Wise Faculty of Life Sciences, Tel-Aviv University, Tel-Aviv 6997801, Israel
Marius SKOLKA ; Ovidius University of Constanta, Bd. Mamaia 124 RO 900527, Constanta, Romania
Elitsa STEFANOVA ; Institute of Oceanology, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, First May Street 40, P.O.Box 152, Varna 9000, Bulgaria
Kremena STEFANOVA ; Institute of Oceanology, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, First May Street 40, P.O.Box 152, Varna 9000, Bulgaria
Victor SURUGIU ; Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iași, Faculty of Biology, Bd. Carol I, No. 20A, 700507 Iași, Romania
Irfan UYSAL ; Ministry of Forestry & Water Affairs, Marine Protected Areas Division, Alparslan Turkes cad. No: 72 Bestepe, Ankara, Turkey
Marc VERLAQUE ; Aix-Marseille University, Mediterranean Institute of Oceanography (MIO), CNRS/INSU, IRD, UM 110, Campus universitaire de Luminy, case 901, 13288 Marseille cedex 09, France
Argyro ZENETOS ; Institute of Marine Biological Resources and Inland Waters, Hellenic Centre for Marine Research, 46.7 km Athens Sounio ave., P.O. Box 712, 19013 Anavyssos Attiki, Greece

Abstract

In this study we present a list of invasive/potential invasive alien species in the East and South European Network for Invasive Alien Species (ESENIAS) countries with marine borders. The species
were classified according to the existing literature and experts’ judgment, as established, casual, invasive and expected. Finally, factsheets were compiled for ten species of high importance based on their expanding/invading character. Of the 160 species comprising the list, 149 were already present in the ESENIAS countries, while eleven were invasive species either present in the Mediterranean or in other European Seas, likely to be recorded in the ESENIAS countries. The majority of the species were of Red Sea/IndoPacific origin (97 species; 60.6%). Italy, Turkey and Greece were the countries with the highest representation of species (159, 152 and 139 species respectively), due to their extended coastline and the number of scholars working on marine invasive species. The highest number of established species was recorded in Turkey (116 species), whereas in Italy and Greece the most numerous species were the “expected” ones (85 and 48 species, respectively). The eastern Adriatic Sea countries (i.e. Albania, Croatia, Montenegro and Slovenia) had generally low numbers of species in this list, many of which are still “expected” to arrive from the neighbouring countries of Greece and Italy. Finally, the most frequently potential pathway was transfer stowaways (ship ballast water: 41 cases; ship hull fouling: 55), whereas unaided spread of Lessepsian immigrants followed (95 cases). This list is intended to serve as an early warning system that through horizon scanning process would assist ESENIAS countries to prioritise invasive alien species, their pathways and the areas of higher likelihood to appear, in order to take management measures.

Keywords

invasive species; ESENIAS; Mediterranean Sea; Black Sea

Hrčak ID:

196177

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/196177

Publication date:

29.12.2017.

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