A good understanding of the mechanisms and magnitude of the impact of invasive alien
species on ecosystem services and biodiversity is a prerequisite for the efficient prioritisation …

More than 500 alien species were listed from the Mediterranean Sea. Though no extinction
of a native species is known, sudden decline in abundance, and even local extirpations …

Biological invasions have become a defining feature of marine Mediterranean ecosystems
with significant impacts on biodiversity, ecosystem services, and human health. We …

The recent irruption of Pacific red lionfish (Pterois volitans) on Caribbean and Atlantic coral
reefs could prove to be one of the most damaging marine invasions to date. Invasive lionfish …

The disproportionately low presence of marine species in the list of invasive alien species
(IAS) of Union concern of the European Union (EU) Regulation 1143/2014 does not fully …

Abstract The Suez Canal is the main pathway of introduction of non-indigenous species into
the Mediterranean Sea. The successive enlargements of the Suez Canal have raised …

Climatic niche conservatism, the tendency of species‐climate associations to remain
unchanged across space and time, is pivotal for forecasting the spread of invasive species …

This is an annotated checklist of the marine fish species of Lebanon (Levant coast, eastern
Mediterranean). It comprises a total of 367 fish species distributed in 159 families and 27 …

An overview is presented of the metazoan alien biota recorded from the Mediterranean
coast of Israel. Of the 296 alien species, 284 have been introduced from the Red Sea/Indo …

Global increase in sea temperatures has been suggested to facilitate the incoming and
spread of tropical invaders. The increasing success of these species may be related to their …