Unpublished Mediterranean and Black Sea records of marine alien, cryptogenic, and neonative species

BioInvasions Records, Год журнала: 2023, Номер 12(2), С. 339 - 369

Опубликована: Янв. 1, 2023

To enrich spatio-temporal information on the distribution of alien, cryptogenic, and neonative species in Mediterranean Black Sea, a collective effort by 173 marine scientists was made to provide unpublished records make them open access scientific community.Through this effort, we collected harmonized dataset 12,649 records.It includes 247 taxa, which 217 are Animalia, 25 Plantae 5 Chromista, from 23 countries surrounding Sea.Chordata most abundant taxonomic group, followed

Язык: Английский

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Marine invasive alien species in Europe: 9 years after the IAS Regulation

Frontiers in Marine Science, Год журнала: 2023, Номер 10

Опубликована: Окт. 11, 2023

Biological invasions, resulting from human activities, exert substantial impacts on ecosystems worldwide. This review focuses marine invasive alien species (IAS) in Europe, examining the current state, proposing strategies to address problem, and offering recommendations for enhanced management. Effective management of biological invasions relies accessible, accurate data inform decision-making. Information systems such as European Alien Species Network (EASIN), Aquatic Non-Indigenous Cryptogenic (AquaNIS), World Register Introduced Marine (WriMS) provide comprehensive databases IAS, but their sustainability requires long-term maintenance, continuous updates, support. Most countries lack specific monitoring programs standardization improvement methods are needed. Port plays a vital role early detection new arrivals, recent advancements molecular techniques show promise effective IAS monitoring. Risk screening tools commonly employed rank taxa based invasiveness potential regions, variations protocols can yield inconsistent results. impact assessments highlight resource competition, novel habitat creation, predation primary mechanisms negative biodiversity, while creation habitats represents key mechanism positive impacts. Preventing introductions is critical, measures ballast water treatment implemented reduce likelihood introductions. However, understanding introduction pathways remains uncertain many IAS. Eradication control efforts have limited success, emphasizing need biosecurity measures. Climate change, especially ocean warming, intensify native ecosystems. In climate change hotspots, some tropical aliens may, however, compensate loss thermally sensitive natives with similar traits. Therefore, it imperative consider interactions between developing conservation strategies. Enhancing Europe entails i) securing adequate funding, ii) expanding list Union Concern adequately cover iii) learning successful practices, iv) sustaining information systems, v) improving warning innovative technologies, vi) enhancing prediction models, vii) conducting integrated mapping cumulative impacts, considering benefits ecosystem functioning services.

Язык: Английский

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Citizen science is a vital partnership for invasive alien species management and research

iScience, Год журнала: 2023, Номер 27(1), С. 108623 - 108623

Опубликована: Дек. 3, 2023

Invasive alien species (IAS) adversely impact biodiversity, ecosystem functions, and socio-economics. Citizen science can be an effective tool for IAS surveillance, management, research, providing large datasets over wide spatial extents long time periods, with public participants generating knowledge that supports action. We demonstrate how citizen has contributed across the biological invasion process, especially early detection distribution mapping. However, we recommend could used more assessing impacts evaluating success of management. does have limitations, explore solutions to two key challenges: ensuring data accuracy dealing uneven coverage potential recorders (which limits dataset's "fit purpose"). Greater co-development stakeholders will help us better realize its process ecosystems globally while meeting needs participants, local communities, scientists, decision-makers.

Язык: Английский

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Bridging the Gap between Policy and Science in Assessing the Health Status of Marine Ecosystems

Frontiers in Marine Science, Год журнала: 2016, Номер 3

Опубликована: Сен. 12, 2016

Human activities, both established and emerging, increasingly affect the provision of marine ecosystem services that deliver societal economic benefits. Monitoring status ecosystems determining how human activities change their capacity to sustain benefits for society requires an evidence-based Integrated Ecosystem Assessment approach incorporates knowledge functioning services). Although there are diverse methods assess individual components, none assesses health holistically, integrating information from multiple components. Similarly, while acknowledging availability several measure single pressures impacts, evaluation cumulative effects remains scarce. Therefore, integrative assessment us first understand response then develop innovative, cost-effective monitoring tools enable collection data large areas. Conceptually, combining this effective with cost-benefit analyses will help identify appropriate management measures improve environmental economically efficiently. The European project DEVOTES (DEVelopment Of innovative Tools understanding biodiversity assessing good Environmental Status) specifically addressed these topics in order support policy makers managers implementing Marine Strategy Framework Directive. Here, we synthesize our main findings, placing within context recent wider research, identifying gaps major future challenges.

Язык: Английский

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A Catalogue of Marine Biodiversity Indicators

Frontiers in Marine Science, Год журнала: 2016, Номер 3

Опубликована: Ноя. 4, 2016

A Catalogue of Marine Biodiversity Indicators was developed with the aim providing basis for assessing environmental status marine ecosystems. Useful implementation Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD), this catalogue allows navigation a database indicators mostly related to biological diversity, non-indigenous species, food webs, and seafloor integrity. Over 600 were compiled, which used in framework different initiatives (e.g. EU policies, research projects) national international contexts Regional Seas Conventions, assessments non-European seas). The reflects current scientific capability address assessment needs by broad coverage most relevant biodiversity ecosystem available are reviewed according their typology, data requirements, development status, geographical coverage, relevance habitats or components, human pressures. Through comprehensive overview, we discuss potential set wide range contexts, from large-scale local programs, also shortcomings light needs. Developed DEVOTES Project, is freely through DEVOTool software application, provides browsing query options associated metadata. tool extraction ranked indicator lists best fulfilling selected criteria, enabling users search suitable particular component, feature, habitat pressure area interest. This useful Member States, Sea European Commission, non-governmental organizations, managers, scientists any person interested assessment. It build, complement adjust monitoring programs has improve comparability foster transfer knowledge across regions.

Язык: Английский

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A Review of the Tools Used for Marine Monitoring in the UK: Combining Historic and Contemporary Methods with Modeling and Socioeconomics to Fulfill Legislative Needs and Scientific Ambitions

Frontiers in Marine Science, Год журнала: 2017, Номер 4

Опубликована: Авг. 15, 2017

Marine environmental monitoring is undertaken to provide evidence that management targets are being met. Moreover, also provides context marine science and over the last century has allowed development of a critical scientific understanding environment impacts humans having on it. The seas around UK currently monitored by targeted, impact-driven, programmes (e.g. fishery or pollution based monitoring) often using traditional techniques, many which have not changed significantly since early 1900s. advent new wave automated technology, in combination with changing political economic circumstances, means there strong drive move towards more refined, efficient, effective way monitoring. We describe policy rationale for our seas, alongside comprehensive description types equipment methodology used technologies likely be future. contextualise methodologies may impact discuss how whole ecosystems models can give an integrated, approach assessment. Furthermore, we value each data point crucial assess true costs benefits society programme.

Язык: Английский

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Seawater warming at the northern reach for southern species: Gulf of Genoa, NW Mediterranean

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, Год журнала: 2017, Номер 98(1), С. 1 - 12

Опубликована: Май 29, 2017

Global warming is facilitating the poleward range expansion of plant and animal species. In Mediterranean Sea, concurrent temperature increase abundance (sub)tropical non-indigenous species (NIS) leading to so-called ‘tropicalization’ which dramatically evident in south-eastern sectors basin. At same time, colder north-western basin have been said undergo a process ‘meridionalization’, that establishment warm-water native (WWN) previously restricted southern sectors. The Gulf Genoa (Ligurian Sea) reach for whatever origin Mediterranean. Recent (up 2015) observations NIS WWN by diving collated update previous similar inventories. addition, relative occurrences both groups monitored snorkelling between 2009 2015 shallow rocky reefs at Genoa, compared with trend air sea surface temperatures. A total 20 (11 9 WWN) was found. Two (the zebra seabream Diplodus cervinus parrotfish Sparisoma cretense ) three SW Atlantic sponge Paraleucilla magna , Red Sea polychaete Branchiomma luctuosum amphi-American amphi-Atlantic crab Percnon gibbesi are new records Ligurian whereas juveniles Indo-Pacific bluespotted cornetfish Fistularia commersonii found first time. While has kept on increasing whole period, 2014 being warmest years since least 1950, number increased linearly, exponentially, contradicting idea meridionalization supporting tropicalization even northern

Язык: Английский

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Space invaders; biological invasions in marine conservation planning

Diversity and Distributions, Год журнала: 2016, Номер 22(12), С. 1220 - 1231

Опубликована: Окт. 5, 2016

Abstract Aim Biological invasions are major contributors to global change and native biodiversity decline. However, they overlooked in marine conservation plans. Here, we examine for the first time extent which planning research has addressed (or ignored) biological invasions. Furthermore, explore of spatial priorities plans when different approaches used incorporate presence impacts invasive species. Location Global analysis with a focus on Mediterranean Sea region. Methods We conducted systematic literature review consisting three steps: (1) article selection using search engine, (2) abstract screening (3) pertinent articles, were identified second step. The information extracted included scale geographical location each case study as well approach followed regarding also applied software Marxan produce compare that either protect, or avoid areas impacted by invasives, ignore issue. One focused protection critical habitats, other endemic fish Results found 119 papers specific biogeographic regions, only (2.5%) explicitly took into account When comparing study, majority selected sites (ca. 80%) changed habitat while this proportion was lower but substantial (27%) species study. Main conclusions being widely disregarded environment across local scales. More explicit consideration can significantly alter priorities. Future should optimize protected areas.

Язык: Английский

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Often Overlooked: Understanding and Meeting the Current Challenges of Marine Invertebrate Conservation

Frontiers in Marine Science, Год журнала: 2021, Номер 8

Опубликована: Авг. 25, 2021

Making up over 92% of life in our oceans, marine invertebrates inhabit every zone the water column, with contributions ranging from ecosystem functioning to socioeconomic development. Compared charismatic species, are often underrepresented IUCN reports and national conservation efforts. Because this, as climate change intensifies conjunction increasing anthropogenic pressures such habitat destruction, many at risk silently heading toward extinction. However, public perception has shifted recent years due growing awareness important roles these play human life. This may promote greater support for future research campaigns key species. review highlights importance invertebrates, environmental stressors they currently facing, inherent challenges their successful conservation. Potential solutions fill gaps current knowledge will be also explored context globalization technological advancements. The loss invertebrate biodiversity have cascading ecological, economic, sociological repercussions, so compiling information into a holistic add conversation global

Язык: Английский

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Marine ecosystem health and biological pollution: Reconsidering the paradigm

Marine Pollution Bulletin, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 200, С. 116054 - 116054

Опубликована: Фев. 2, 2024

Язык: Английский

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