Uncertainties and validation of alien species catalogues: The Mediterranean as an example

A Zenetos, ME Çinar, F Crocetta, D Golani… - Estuarine, Coastal and …, 2017 - Elsevier
The meticulous revision by taxonomic experts of established alien species in the
Mediterranean resulted in a major revision of the list proposed by Galil et al.(2016), with 73 …

[PDF][PDF] Bioinvasion impacts on biodiversity, ecosystem services, and human health in the Mediterranean Sea

K Tsirintanis, E Azzurro, F Crocetta, M Dimiza… - Aquatic …, 2022 - amu.hal.science
Biological invasions have become a defining feature of marine Mediterranean ecosystems
with significant impacts on biodiversity, ecosystem services, and human health. We …

A massive update of non-indigenous species records in Mediterranean marinas

A Ulman, J Ferrario, A Occhpinti-Ambrogi, C Arvanitidis… - PeerJ, 2017 - peerj.com
The Mediterranean Sea is home to over 2/3 of the world's charter boat traffic and hosts an
estimated 1.5 million recreational boats. Studies elsewhere have demonstrated marinas as …

Unpublished Mediterranean and Black Sea records of marine alien, cryptogenic, and neonative species

M Ragkousis, A Zenetos, JB Souissi, R Hoffman… - 2023 - um.edu.mt
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 …

Innovating Environmentally Sustainable Materials Platforms by Harnessing Coastal Marine Tunicates

S Hong, A Schnetzer, N Lavoine, L Lucia… - …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The most influential technological innovations and societal progress lie at the intersection of
scientific disciplines. Today, more than ever, biology assumes a more central and …

Cryptic Diversity and Database Errors Challenge Non-indigenous Species Surveys: An Illustration With Botrylloides spp. in the English Channel and Mediterranean …

F Viard, C Roby, X Turon, S Bouchemousse… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Molecular tools have been extensively used in recent decades to examine biological
invasion processes, and are increasingly being adopted as efficient tools to support non …

Buoys are non-indigenous fouling hotspots in marinas regardless of their environmental status and pressure

J Sempere-Valverde, MD Castro-Cadenas… - Science of the Total …, 2024 - Elsevier
Marinas contribute to the degradation of coastal ecosystems, constitute non-indigenous
species (NIS) hotspots and function as steppingstones in invasion processes. These often …

The impact of ascidian biofouling on the farmed Mediterranean mussel Mytilus galloprovincialis physiology and welfare, revealed by stress biomarkers

DK Papadopoulos, A Lattos, IA Giantsis, JA Theodorou… - Biofouling, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
In biofouling communities, ascidians are among the most damaging species, presenting
severe threats, such as depressed growth rates and decreased chances of lower survival, to …

The power of combined molecular and morphological analyses for the genus Botrylloides: identification of a potentially global invasive ascidian and description of a …

RM Rocha, M Salonna, F Griggio, M Ekins… - Systematics and …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Botryllids are colonial styelid ascidians for which morphological characters distinguishing
genera and species are often difficult to identify and frequently ambiguous. Botrylloides …

Reconstructing bioinvasion dynamics through micropaleontologic analysis highlights the role of temperature change as a driver of alien foraminifera invasion

R Guastella, A Marchini, A Caruso, J Evans… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Invasive alien species threaten biodiversity and ecosystem structure and functioning, but
incomplete assessments of their origins and temporal trends impair our ability to understand …