Ocean and coastal ecosystems support life on Earth and many aspects of human well-being.
Covering two-thirds of the planet, the ocean hosts vast biodiversity and modulates the global …

Of the 452 multicellular non-indigenous species (NIS) recorded off the Israeli Mediterranean
coast, nearly 90% are considered to have been introduced through the Suez Canal …

Biological invasions, resulting from human activities, exert substantial impacts on
ecosystems worldwide. This review focuses on marine invasive alien species (IAS) in …

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

With over a thousand of introduced species, the Mediterranean is the most heavily invaded
marine region in the world. Yet, the spatio‐temporal dynamics of this bioinvasion has never …

Here we present an update of the Mediterranean distribution of the lionfish Pterois miles,
based on a comprehensive list of geo-referenced occurrences up to October 2019. New …

The European Regulation (EU) 1143/2014 on Invasive Alien Species entered into force in
2015, with the aim to fulfill regional and international biodiversity goals in a concerted …

The spread of exotic species to new areas can be magnified when favored by future climatic
conditions. Forecasting future ranges using species distribution models (SDMs) could be …

The silver-cheeked toadfish (Lagocephalus sceleratus, from the pufferfish family
Tetraodontidae) and the Pacific red lionfish (Pterois miles, family Scorpaenidae) have …

The common lionfish Pterois miles has rapidly spread across the eastern Mediterranean
Sea. We compiled occurrence data from both native and invaded range under the …