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6. Non-indigenous Benthic Species Along the Montenegrin Coast

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Petović, Slavica, Mačić, Vesna, Barceló, Damià, Series Editor, de Boer, Jacob, Editorial Board Member, Kostianoy, Andrey G., Series Editor, Garrigues, Philippe, Editorial Board Member, Hutzinger, Otto, Founding Editor, Gu, Ji-Dong, Editorial Board Member, Jones, Kevin C., Editorial Board Member, Knepper, Thomas P., Editorial Board Member, Negm, Abdelazim M., Editorial Board Member, Newton, Alice, Editorial Board Member, Nghiem, Duc Long, Editorial Board Member, Garcia-Segura, Sergi, Editorial Board Member, Joksimović, Aleksandar, editor, Đurović, Mirko, editor, Zonn, Igor S., editor, and Semenov, Aleksander V., editor

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2021
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7. Marine Habitats of Special Importance Along the Montenegrin Coast

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Petović, Slavica, Mačić, Vesna, Barceló, Damià, Series Editor, de Boer, Jacob, Editorial Board Member, Kostianoy, Andrey G., Series Editor, Garrigues, Philippe, Editorial Board Member, Hutzinger, Otto, Founding Editor, Gu, Ji-Dong, Editorial Board Member, Jones, Kevin C., Editorial Board Member, Knepper, Thomas P., Editorial Board Member, Negm, Abdelazim M., Editorial Board Member, Newton, Alice, Editorial Board Member, Nghiem, Duc Long, Editorial Board Member, Garcia-Segura, Sergi, Editorial Board Member, Joksimović, Aleksandar, editor, Đurović, Mirko, editor, Zonn, Igor S., editor, and Semenov, Aleksander V., editor

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2021
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8. A Checklist of the Benthic Marine Macroalgae in Montenegrin Coastal Waters

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Mačić, Vesna, Antolić, Boris, Žuljević, Ante, Barceló, Damià, Series Editor, de Boer, Jacob, Editorial Board Member, Kostianoy, Andrey G., Series Editor, Garrigues, Philippe, Editorial Board Member, Hutzinger, Otto, Founding Editor, Gu, Ji-Dong, Editorial Board Member, Jones, Kevin C., Editorial Board Member, Knepper, Thomas P., Editorial Board Member, Negm, Abdelazim M., Editorial Board Member, Newton, Alice, Editorial Board Member, Nghiem, Duc Long, Editorial Board Member, Garcia-Segura, Sergi, Editorial Board Member, Joksimović, Aleksandar, editor, Đurović, Mirko, editor, Zonn, Igor S., editor, and Semenov, Aleksander V., editor

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2021
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9. The Relevance of the Implementation of AZA According to the Principles and Standards of GFCM Guidelines in the Site Selection Process for Sustainable Development of Aquaculture: Montenegro Case Study

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Mandić, Milica, Krasić, Milena, Massa, Fabio, Slavnić, Dušan, Mačić, Vesna, Petović, Slavica, Joksimović, Danijela, Drakulović, Dragana, Đurović, Mirko, Castelli, Ana, Jokanović, Sandra, Barceló, Damià, Series Editor, de Boer, Jacob, Editorial Board Member, Kostianoy, Andrey G., Series Editor, Garrigues, Philippe, Editorial Board Member, Hutzinger, Otto, Founding Editor, Gu, Ji-Dong, Editorial Board Member, Jones, Kevin C., Editorial Board Member, Knepper, Thomas P., Editorial Board Member, Negm, Abdelazim M., Editorial Board Member, Newton, Alice, Editorial Board Member, Nghiem, Duc Long, Editorial Board Member, Garcia-Segura, Sergi, Editorial Board Member, Joksimović, Aleksandar, editor, Đurović, Mirko, editor, Zonn, Igor S., editor, and Semenov, Aleksander V., editor

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2021
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14. The Relevance of the Implementation of AZA According to the Principles and Standards of GFCM Guidelines in the Site Selection Process for Sustainable Development of Aquaculture: Montenegro Case Study

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Mandić, Milica, primary, Krasić, Milena, additional, Massa, Fabio, additional, Slavnić, Dušan, additional, Mačić, Vesna, additional, Petović, Slavica, additional, Joksimović, Danijela, additional, Drakulović, Dragana, additional, Đurović, Mirko, additional, Castelli, Ana, additional, and Jokanović, Sandra, additional

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2020
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15. Diversity of Vascular Flora of Boka Kotorska Bay

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Anačkov, Goran, Caković, Danka, Stešević, Danijela, Vuksanović, Snežana, Mačić, Vesna, Tomović, Gordana, Barceló, Damià, Editor-in-chief, Kostianoy, Andrey G., Editor-in-chief, Hutzinger, Otto, Founded by, Joksimović, Aleksandar, editor, Djurović, Mirko, editor, Semenov, Aleksander V., editor, and Zonn, Igor S., editor

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2017
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18. Validated Inventories of Non-Indigenous Species (NIS) for the Mediterranean Sea as Tools for Regional Policy and Patterns of NIS Spread

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Galanidi, Marika, primary, Aissi, Mehdi, additional, Ali, Malek, additional, Bakalem, Ali, additional, Bariche, Michel, additional, Bartolo, Angela G., additional, Bazairi, Hocein, additional, Beqiraj, Sajmir, additional, Bilecenoglu, Murat, additional, Bitar, Ghazi, additional, Bugeja, Myra, additional, Carbonell, Aina, additional, Castriota, Luca, additional, Chalabi, Adbdelhafidh, additional, Çinar, Melih Ertan, additional, Dragičević, Branko, additional, Dulčić, Jakov, additional, El-Haweet, Alaa Eldin Ahmed, additional, Farrag, Mahmoud M. S., additional, Evans, Julian, additional, Galil, Bella, additional, Guerin, Laurent, additional, Hyams-Kaphzan, Orit, additional, Kapedani, Rezart, additional, Kamberi, Elvis, additional, Livi, Silvia, additional, Mačić, Vesna, additional, Masse, Cécile, additional, Mavrič, Borut, additional, Orlando-Bonaca, Martina, additional, Ouerghi, Atef, additional, Petović, Slavica, additional, Png-Gonzalez, Lydia, additional, Schembri, Patrick J., additional, Shenkar, Noa, additional, Sghaier, Yassine Ramzi, additional, Shakman, Esmail, additional, Yahyaoui, Asma, additional, Yokeş, Mehmet Baki, additional, and Zenetos, Argyro, additional

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2023
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20. Unpublished Mediterranean and Black Sea records of marine alien, cryptogenic, and neonative species

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Universidad de Alicante. Departamento de Ciencias del Mar y Biología Aplicada, Ragkousis, Michail, Zenetos, Argyro, Ben Souissi, Jamila, Hoffman, Razy, Ghanem, Raouia, Taşkın, Ergün, Muresan, Mihaela, Karpova, Evgeniia, Slynko, Elena, Dağlı, Ertan, Fortič, Ana, Surugiu, Victor, Mačić, Vesna, Trkov, Domen, Rjiba Bahri, Wafa, Tsiamis, Konstantinos, Ramos-Esplá, Alfonso A., Petović, Slavica, Ferrario, Jasmine, Marchini, Agnese, Sconfietti, Renato, Ammar, Izdihar, Alo, Alaa, Edelist, Dori, Begun, Tatiana, Teaca, Adrian, Tari, Gokhan, Huseyinoglu, Mehmet Fatih, Karachle, Paraskevi K., Dogrammatzi, Aikaterini, Apostolopoulos, Giorgos A., Crocetta, Fabio, Kytinou, Eleni, Digenis, Markos, Skouradakis, Grigorios, Tomas, Fiona, Bariche, Michel, Kaminas, Alexandros, Konida, Kassiani, Deidun, Alan, Marrone, Alessio, Fraschetti, Simonetta, Mihneva, Vesselina, Bianchi, Carlo Nike, Morri, Carla, Gerovasileiou, Vasilis, Lipej, Lovrenc, Sini, Maria, Mangialajo, Luisa, Zotou, Maria, Skolka, Marius, Azzurro, Ernesto, Vella, Adriana, Dailianis, Thanos, Grigoriou, Panos, Jimenez, Carlos, Tsirintanis, Konstantinos, Oikonomidis, Georgios, Mancini, Emanuele, Papadakis, Orestis, Martino, Vincenzo Di, Chatzigeorgiou, Giorgos, Ben Amor, Mohamed Mourad, Vernadou, Emmanouela, Arda, Yaprak, Minasidis, Vasileios, Azzola, Annalisa, Hadjioannou, Louis, Montefalcone, Monica, Baldacchino, Yacopo, Stancanelli, Bessy, Bonifazi, Andrea, Occhipinti-Ambrogi, Anna, Smeraldo, Sonia, Evans, Julian, Kondylatos, Gerasimos, Falautano, Manuela, Castriota, Luca, Lamprou, Aggelos, Rizgalla, Jamila, Mavrič, Borut, Papadimitriou, Evangelos, Kersting, Diego K., Schembri, Patrick J., Khamassi, Faten, Nikolaou, Athanasios, Ballesteros, Enric, Dimitriadis, Charalampos, García, María, Anastasiadis, Athanasios, Kalogirou, Stefanos, Nalmpanti, Melina, Altamirano, María, Grech, Daniele, Mavrouleas, Dimitrios, Vella, Noel, Darmanin, Sandra Agius, Dragičević, Branko, Poursanidis, Dimitris, Tsatiris, Alexandros, Corsini-Foka, Maria, Orlando-Bonaca, Martina, Insacco, Gianni, Tsalapatis, Alexandros, Scannella, Danilo, Tiralongo, Francesco, Verdura, Jana, Vitale, Sergio, Valsamidis, MichailAggelos, Bazairi, Hocein, Mannino, Anna Maria, Virgili, Riccardo, Coccia, Fabio Collepardo, El Zrelli, Radhouan, Nikolidakis, Savvas, Rabaoui, Lotfi Jilani, Yapıcı, Sercan, Zaouali, Jeanne, Zava, Bruno, Agrotis, Neophytos, Bilecenoglu, Murat, Çinar, Melih Ertan, Moraitis, Manos L., Albano, Paolo G., Kaddouri, Nassir, Kosma, Ioanna, Falsone, Fabio, Fossati, Valentina, Geraci, Michele Luca, Zamuda, Leon Lojze, Mancuso, Francesco Paolo, Petrou, Antonis, Resaikos, Vasilis, Aydın, İlker, Batjakas, Ioannis E., Bos, Arthur R., El Ouamari, Najib, Giallongo, Giovanni, Kampouris, Thodoros E., Ounifi-Ben Amor, Khadija, Doğan, Alper, Dulčić, Jakov, Şükran Okudan, Emine, Rilov, Gil, Rosso, Antonietta, Royo, Laura, Selfati, Mohamed, Gaglioti, Martina, Giakoumi, Sylvaine, Kousteni, Vasiliki, Micu, Dragoș, Nicoară, Mircea, Orfanidis, Sotiris, Papatheodoulou, Magdalene, Tempesti, Jonathan, Triantaphyllou, Maria, Tsourou, Theodora, Yalgın, Ferhat, Baltag, Emanuel, Cerim, Hasan, Filiz, Halit, Georgiadis, Constantinos G., Papadamakis, Paschalis, Rammou, Dimitra Lida, Samargiu, Manuela Diana, Sciuto, Francesco, Sinopoli, Mauro, Türker, Ali, Chiarore, Antonia, Tamburello, Laura, Karray, Sahar, Hassen, Bilel, Katsanevakis, Stelios, Universidad de Alicante. Departamento de Ciencias del Mar y Biología Aplicada, Ragkousis, Michail, Zenetos, Argyro, Ben Souissi, Jamila, Hoffman, Razy, Ghanem, Raouia, Taşkın, Ergün, Muresan, Mihaela, Karpova, Evgeniia, Slynko, Elena, Dağlı, Ertan, Fortič, Ana, Surugiu, Victor, Mačić, Vesna, Trkov, Domen, Rjiba Bahri, Wafa, Tsiamis, Konstantinos, Ramos-Esplá, Alfonso A., Petović, Slavica, Ferrario, Jasmine, Marchini, Agnese, Sconfietti, Renato, Ammar, Izdihar, Alo, Alaa, Edelist, Dori, Begun, Tatiana, Teaca, Adrian, Tari, Gokhan, Huseyinoglu, Mehmet Fatih, Karachle, Paraskevi K., Dogrammatzi, Aikaterini, Apostolopoulos, Giorgos A., Crocetta, Fabio, Kytinou, Eleni, Digenis, Markos, Skouradakis, Grigorios, Tomas, Fiona, Bariche, Michel, Kaminas, Alexandros, Konida, Kassiani, Deidun, Alan, Marrone, Alessio, Fraschetti, Simonetta, Mihneva, Vesselina, Bianchi, Carlo Nike, Morri, Carla, Gerovasileiou, Vasilis, Lipej, Lovrenc, Sini, Maria, Mangialajo, Luisa, Zotou, Maria, Skolka, Marius, Azzurro, Ernesto, Vella, Adriana, Dailianis, Thanos, Grigoriou, Panos, Jimenez, Carlos, Tsirintanis, Konstantinos, Oikonomidis, Georgios, Mancini, Emanuele, Papadakis, Orestis, Martino, Vincenzo Di, Chatzigeorgiou, Giorgos, Ben Amor, Mohamed Mourad, Vernadou, Emmanouela, Arda, Yaprak, Minasidis, Vasileios, Azzola, Annalisa, Hadjioannou, Louis, Montefalcone, Monica, Baldacchino, Yacopo, Stancanelli, Bessy, Bonifazi, Andrea, Occhipinti-Ambrogi, Anna, Smeraldo, Sonia, Evans, Julian, Kondylatos, Gerasimos, Falautano, Manuela, Castriota, Luca, Lamprou, Aggelos, Rizgalla, Jamila, Mavrič, Borut, Papadimitriou, Evangelos, Kersting, Diego K., Schembri, Patrick J., Khamassi, Faten, Nikolaou, Athanasios, Ballesteros, Enric, Dimitriadis, Charalampos, García, María, Anastasiadis, Athanasios, Kalogirou, Stefanos, Nalmpanti, Melina, Altamirano, María, Grech, Daniele, Mavrouleas, Dimitrios, Vella, Noel, Darmanin, Sandra Agius, Dragičević, Branko, Poursanidis, Dimitris, Tsatiris, Alexandros, Corsini-Foka, Maria, Orlando-Bonaca, Martina, Insacco, Gianni, Tsalapatis, Alexandros, Scannella, Danilo, Tiralongo, Francesco, Verdura, Jana, Vitale, Sergio, Valsamidis, MichailAggelos, Bazairi, Hocein, Mannino, Anna Maria, Virgili, Riccardo, Coccia, Fabio Collepardo, El Zrelli, Radhouan, Nikolidakis, Savvas, Rabaoui, Lotfi Jilani, Yapıcı, Sercan, Zaouali, Jeanne, Zava, Bruno, Agrotis, Neophytos, Bilecenoglu, Murat, Çinar, Melih Ertan, Moraitis, Manos L., Albano, Paolo G., Kaddouri, Nassir, Kosma, Ioanna, Falsone, Fabio, Fossati, Valentina, Geraci, Michele Luca, Zamuda, Leon Lojze, Mancuso, Francesco Paolo, Petrou, Antonis, Resaikos, Vasilis, Aydın, İlker, Batjakas, Ioannis E., Bos, Arthur R., El Ouamari, Najib, Giallongo, Giovanni, Kampouris, Thodoros E., Ounifi-Ben Amor, Khadija, Doğan, Alper, Dulčić, Jakov, Şükran Okudan, Emine, Rilov, Gil, Rosso, Antonietta, Royo, Laura, Selfati, Mohamed, Gaglioti, Martina, Giakoumi, Sylvaine, Kousteni, Vasiliki, Micu, Dragoș, Nicoară, Mircea, Orfanidis, Sotiris, Papatheodoulou, Magdalene, Tempesti, Jonathan, Triantaphyllou, Maria, Tsourou, Theodora, Yalgın, Ferhat, Baltag, Emanuel, Cerim, Hasan, Filiz, Halit, Georgiadis, Constantinos G., Papadamakis, Paschalis, Rammou, Dimitra Lida, Samargiu, Manuela Diana, Sciuto, Francesco, Sinopoli, Mauro, Türker, Ali, Chiarore, Antonia, Tamburello, Laura, Karray, Sahar, Hassen, Bilel, and Katsanevakis, Stelios

Abstract

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 was made to provide unpublished records and make them open access to the scientific community. Through this effort, we collected and harmonized a dataset of 12,649 records. It includes 247 taxa, of which 217 are Animalia, 25 Plantae and 5 Chromista, from 23 countries surrounding the Mediterranean and the Black Sea. Chordata was the most abundant taxonomic group, followed by Arthropoda, Mollusca, and Annelida. In terms of species records, Siganus luridus, Siganus rivulatus, Saurida lessepsianus, Pterois miles, Upeneus moluccensis, Charybdis (Archias) longicollis, and Caulerpa cylindracea were the most numerous. The temporal distribution of the records ranges from 1973 to 2022, with 44% of the records in 2020–2021. Lethrinus borbonicus is reported for the first time in the Mediterranean Sea, while Pomatoschistus quagga, Caulerpa cylindracea, Grateloupia turuturu, and Misophria pallida are first records for the Black Sea; Kapraunia schneideri is recorded for the second time in the Mediterranean and for the first time in Israel; Prionospio depauperata and Pseudonereis anomala are reported for the first time from the Sea of Marmara. Many first country records are also included, namely: Amathia verticillata (Montenegro), Ampithoe valida (Italy), Antithamnion amphigeneum (Greece), Clavelina oblonga (Tunisia and Slovenia), Dendostrea cf. folium (Syria), Epinephelus fasciatus (Tunisia), Ganonema farinosum (Montenegro), Macrorhynchia philippina (Tunisia), Marenzelleria neglecta (Romania), Paratapes textilis (Tunisia), and Botrylloides diegensis (Tunisia).

Published
2023

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

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Hellenic Foundation for Research and Innovation, European Commission, Ministry of Development and Investments (Greece), Israel Society of Ecology and Environmental Sciences, Israel Nature and Parks Authority, Govern de les Illes Balears, Fundación Biodiversidad, Ministerio para la Transición Ecológica y el Reto Demográfico (España), Università degli Studi di Catania, Generalitat de Catalunya, L-Università ta' Malta, Ministry of Education and Research (Romania), University of Bucharest, Slovenian Research Agency, Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Food (Slovenia), Ministero delle Politiche Agricole Alimentari e Forestali, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, University of the Aegean, American University of Beirut, CSIC - Instituto de Ciencias del Mar (ICM), Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (España), Junta de Andalucía, Université Côte d'Azur, Ragkousis, Michail, Zenetos, Argyro, Souissi, Jamila Ben, Hoffman, Razy, Ghanem, Raouia, Taşkın, Ergün, Muresan, Mihaela, Karpova, Evgeniia, Slynko, Elena, Dağlı, Ertan, Fortič, Ana, Surugiu, Victor, Mačić, Vesna, Trkov, Domen, Rjiba-Bahri, Wafa, Tsiamis, Konstantinos, Ramos-Esplá, Alfonso A., Petović, Slavica, Ferrario, Jasmine, Marchini, Agnese, Sconfietti, Renato, Ammar, Izdihar, Alo, Alaa, Edelist, Dori, Begun, Tatiana, Teaca, Adrian, Tari, Gokhan, Huseyinoglu, Mehmet Fatih, Karachle, Paraskevi K., Dogrammatzi, Aikaterini, Apostolopoulos, Giorgos A., Crocetta, Fabio, Kytinou, Eleni, Digenis, Markos, Skouradakis, Grigorios, Tomàs, Fiona, Bariche, Michel, Kaminas, Alexandros, Konida, Kassiani, Deidun, Alan, Marrone, Alessio, Fraschetti, Simonetta, Mihneva, Vesselina, Bianchi, Carlo Nike, Morri, Carla, Gerovasileiou, Vasilis, Lipej, Lovrenc, Sini, Maria, Mangialajo, Luisa, Zotou, Maria, Skolka, Marius, Azzurro, Ernesto, Vella, Adriana, Dailianis, Thanos, Grigoriou, Panos, Jiménez, Carlos, Tsirintanis, Konstantinos, Oikonomidis, Georgios, Mancini, Emanuele, Papadakis, Orestis, Di Martino, Vincenzo, Chatzigeorgiou, Giorgos, Ben Amor, Mohamed Mourad, Vernadou, Emmanouela, Arda, Yaprak, Minasidis, Vasileios, Azzola, Annalisa, Hadjioannou, Louis, Montefalcone, Monica, Baldacchino, Yacopo, Stancanelli, Bessy, Bonifazi, Andrea, Occhipinti-Ambrogi, Anna, Smeraldo, Sonia, Evans, Julian, Kondylatos, Gerasimos, Falautano, Manuela, Castriota, Luca, Lamprou, Aggelos, Rizgalla, Jamila, Mavrič, Borut, Papadimitriou, Evangelos, Kersting, D. K., Schembri, Patrick J., Khamassi, Faten, Nikolaou, Athanasios, Ballesteros, Enric, Dimitriadis, Charalampos, García, María, Anastasiadis, Athanasios, Kalogirou, Stefanos, Nalmpanti, Melina, Altamirano, María, Grech, Daniele, Mavrouleas, Dimitrios, Vella, Noel, Darmanin, Sandra Agius, Dragičević, Branko, Poursanidis, Dimitris, Tsatiris, Alexandros, Hellenic Foundation for Research and Innovation, European Commission, Ministry of Development and Investments (Greece), Israel Society of Ecology and Environmental Sciences, Israel Nature and Parks Authority, Govern de les Illes Balears, Fundación Biodiversidad, Ministerio para la Transición Ecológica y el Reto Demográfico (España), Università degli Studi di Catania, Generalitat de Catalunya, L-Università ta' Malta, Ministry of Education and Research (Romania), University of Bucharest, Slovenian Research Agency, Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Food (Slovenia), Ministero delle Politiche Agricole Alimentari e Forestali, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, University of the Aegean, American University of Beirut, CSIC - Instituto de Ciencias del Mar (ICM), Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (España), Junta de Andalucía, Université Côte d'Azur, Ragkousis, Michail, Zenetos, Argyro, Souissi, Jamila Ben, Hoffman, Razy, Ghanem, Raouia, Taşkın, Ergün, Muresan, Mihaela, Karpova, Evgeniia, Slynko, Elena, Dağlı, Ertan, Fortič, Ana, Surugiu, Victor, Mačić, Vesna, Trkov, Domen, Rjiba-Bahri, Wafa, Tsiamis, Konstantinos, Ramos-Esplá, Alfonso A., Petović, Slavica, Ferrario, Jasmine, Marchini, Agnese, Sconfietti, Renato, Ammar, Izdihar, Alo, Alaa, Edelist, Dori, Begun, Tatiana, Teaca, Adrian, Tari, Gokhan, Huseyinoglu, Mehmet Fatih, Karachle, Paraskevi K., Dogrammatzi, Aikaterini, Apostolopoulos, Giorgos A., Crocetta, Fabio, Kytinou, Eleni, Digenis, Markos, Skouradakis, Grigorios, Tomàs, Fiona, Bariche, Michel, Kaminas, Alexandros, Konida, Kassiani, Deidun, Alan, Marrone, Alessio, Fraschetti, Simonetta, Mihneva, Vesselina, Bianchi, Carlo Nike, Morri, Carla, Gerovasileiou, Vasilis, Lipej, Lovrenc, Sini, Maria, Mangialajo, Luisa, Zotou, Maria, Skolka, Marius, Azzurro, Ernesto, Vella, Adriana, Dailianis, Thanos, Grigoriou, Panos, Jiménez, Carlos, Tsirintanis, Konstantinos, Oikonomidis, Georgios, Mancini, Emanuele, Papadakis, Orestis, Di Martino, Vincenzo, Chatzigeorgiou, Giorgos, Ben Amor, Mohamed Mourad, Vernadou, Emmanouela, Arda, Yaprak, Minasidis, Vasileios, Azzola, Annalisa, Hadjioannou, Louis, Montefalcone, Monica, Baldacchino, Yacopo, Stancanelli, Bessy, Bonifazi, Andrea, Occhipinti-Ambrogi, Anna, Smeraldo, Sonia, Evans, Julian, Kondylatos, Gerasimos, Falautano, Manuela, Castriota, Luca, Lamprou, Aggelos, Rizgalla, Jamila, Mavrič, Borut, Papadimitriou, Evangelos, Kersting, D. K., Schembri, Patrick J., Khamassi, Faten, Nikolaou, Athanasios, Ballesteros, Enric, Dimitriadis, Charalampos, García, María, Anastasiadis, Athanasios, Kalogirou, Stefanos, Nalmpanti, Melina, Altamirano, María, Grech, Daniele, Mavrouleas, Dimitrios, Vella, Noel, Darmanin, Sandra Agius, Dragičević, Branko, Poursanidis, Dimitris, and Tsatiris, Alexandros

Abstract

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 was made to provide unpublished records and make them open access to the scientific community. Through this effort, we collected and harmonized a dataset of 12,649 records. It includes 247 taxa, of which 217 are Animalia, 25 Plantae and 5 Chromista, from 23 countries surrounding the Mediterranean and the Black Sea. Chordata was the most abundant taxonomic group, followed by Arthropoda, Mollusca, and Annelida. In terms of species records, Siganus luridus, Siganus rivulatus, Saurida lessepsianus, Pterois miles, Upeneus moluccensis, Charybdis (Archias) longicollis, and Caulerpa cylindracea were the most numerous. The temporal distribution of the records ranges from 1973 to 2022, with 44% of the records in 2020–2021. Lethrinus borbonicus is reported for the first time in the Mediterranean Sea, while Pomatoschistus quagga, Caulerpa cylindracea, Grateloupia turuturu, and Misophria pallida are first records for the Black Sea; Kapraunia schneideri is recorded for the second time in the Mediterranean and for the first time in Israel; Prionospio depauperata and Pseudonereis anomala are reported for the first time from the Sea of Marmara. Many first country records are also included, namely: Amathia verticillata (Montenegro), Ampithoe valida (Italy), Antithamnion amphigeneum (Greece), Clavelina oblonga (Tunisia and Slovenia), Dendostrea cf. folium (Syria), Epinephelus fasciatus (Tunisia), Ganonema farinosum (Montenegro), Macrorhynchia philippina (Tunisia), Marenzelleria neglecta (Romania), Paratapes textilis (Tunisia), and Botrylloides diegensis (Tunisia).

Published
2023

22. Validated Inventories of Non-Indigenous Species (NIS) for the Mediterranean Sea as Tools for Regional Policy and Patterns of NIS Spread

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Centre d'Activités Régionales pour les Aires Spécialement Protégées (Tunisie), United Nations Environment Programme, Galanidi, Marika, Aissi, Mehdi, Ali, Malek, Bakalem, Ali, Bariche, Michel, Bartolo, Angela G., Bazairi, Hocein, Beqiraj, Sajmir, Bilecenoglu, Murat, Bitar, Ghazi, Bugeja, Myra, Carbonell, Aina, Castriota, Luca, Chalabi, Adbdelhafidh, Çinar, Melih Ertan, Dragičević, Branko, Dulčić, Jakov, El-Haweet, Alaa Eldin Ahmed, Farrag, Mahmoud M. S., Evans, Julian, Galil, Bella, Guerin, Laurent, Hyams-Kaphzan, Orit, Kapedani, Rezart, Kamberi, Elvis, Livi, Silvia, Mačić, Vesna, Masse, Cécile, Mavrič, Borut, Orlando-Bonaca, Martina, Ouerghi, Atef, Petović, Slavica, Png-González, Lydia, Schembri, Patrick J., Shenkar, Noa, Sghaier, Yassine Ramzi, Shakman, Esmail, Yahyaoui, Asma, Yokeş, Mehmet Baki, Zenetos, Argyro, Centre d'Activités Régionales pour les Aires Spécialement Protégées (Tunisie), United Nations Environment Programme, Galanidi, Marika, Aissi, Mehdi, Ali, Malek, Bakalem, Ali, Bariche, Michel, Bartolo, Angela G., Bazairi, Hocein, Beqiraj, Sajmir, Bilecenoglu, Murat, Bitar, Ghazi, Bugeja, Myra, Carbonell, Aina, Castriota, Luca, Chalabi, Adbdelhafidh, Çinar, Melih Ertan, Dragičević, Branko, Dulčić, Jakov, El-Haweet, Alaa Eldin Ahmed, Farrag, Mahmoud M. S., Evans, Julian, Galil, Bella, Guerin, Laurent, Hyams-Kaphzan, Orit, Kapedani, Rezart, Kamberi, Elvis, Livi, Silvia, Mačić, Vesna, Masse, Cécile, Mavrič, Borut, Orlando-Bonaca, Martina, Ouerghi, Atef, Petović, Slavica, Png-González, Lydia, Schembri, Patrick J., Shenkar, Noa, Sghaier, Yassine Ramzi, Shakman, Esmail, Yahyaoui, Asma, Yokeş, Mehmet Baki, and Zenetos, Argyro

Abstract

This work presents refined, updated subregional and regional non-indigenous species (NIS) inventories for the Mediterranean Sea, validated by national and taxonomic experts, with species records observed until December 2020. These datasets will be used as the baselines for the implementation of the Integrated Monitoring and Assessment Programme for the Mediterranean (IMAP) and the Mediterranean Quality Status Report 2023. In total, 1006 non-indigenous species have been found in Mediterranean marine and brackish waters. The highest numbers of NIS were observed in Israel, Türkiye, Lebanon and Italy. Approximately 45 species were categorized as data deficient, either due to lack of consensus on their alien status or the validity of their identification. Polychaeta, Foraminifera and macroalgae were the groups with the highest numbers of controversial species. There was a general increase in the yearly rate of new NIS introductions after the late 1990s, which appears to be slowing down in the last decade, but this may be confounded by reporting lags and differential research efforts. Between 1970 and 2020 there has been a steep increase in the proportion of shared species present throughout all four Mediterranean subregions, which are predominantly transported via shipping and recreational boating. While Lessepsian species are gradually spreading westwards and northwards, there is still a considerable invasion debt accumulating in the eastern and central Mediterranean.

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2023

23. Tracking a mass mortality outbreak of pen shell Pinna nobilis populations: A collaborative effort of scientists and citizens

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Cabanellas-Reboredo, Miguel, Vázquez-Luis, Maite, Mourre, Baptiste, Álvarez, Elvira, Deudero, Salud, Amores, Ángel, Addis, Piero, Ballesteros, Enric, Barrajón, Agustín, Coppa, Stefania, García-March, José Rafael, Giacobbe, Salvatore, Casalduero, Francisca Giménez, Hadjioannou, Louis, Jiménez-Gutiérrez, Santiago V., Katsanevakis, Stelios, Kersting, Diego, Mačić, Vesna, Mavrič, Borut, Patti, Francesco Paolo, Planes, Serge, Prado, Patricia, Sánchez, Jordi, Tena-Medialdea, José, de Vaugelas, Jean, Vicente, Nardo, Belkhamssa, Fatima Zohra, Zupan, Ivan, and Hendriks, Iris E.

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2019
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24. Unpublished Mediterranean and Black Sea records of marine alien, cryptogenic, and neonative species

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Ragkousis, Michail, Zenetos, Argyro, Souissi, Jamila Ben, Hoffman, Razy, Ghanem, Raouia, Taşkın, Ergün, Muresan, Mihaela, Karpova, Evgeniia, Slynko, Elena, Dağlı, Ertan, Fortič, Ana, Dulčić, Jakov, Dogrammatzi, Aikaterini, Şükran Okudan, Emine, Rilov, Gil, Rosso, Antonietta, Bianchi, Carlo Nike, Royo, Laura, Selfati, Mohamed, Gaglioti, Martina, Giakoumi, Sylvaine, Tsirintanis, Konstantinos, Kousteni, Vasiliki, Tsiamis, Konstantinos, Micu, Dragoș, Apostolopoulos, Giorgos A., Nicoară, Mircea, Orfanidis, Sotiris, Morri, Carla, Papatheodoulou, Magdalene, Tempesti, Jonathan, Triantaphyllou, Maria, Insacco, Gianni, Tsourou, Theodora, Yalgın, Ferhat, Baltag, Emanuel, Cerim, Hasan, Ramos-Espl, Alfonso A., Crocetta, Fabio, Filiz, Halit, Gerovasileiou, Vasilis, Georgiadis, Constantinos G., Papadamakis, Paschalis, Oikonomidis, Georgios, Rammou, Dimitra Lida, Samargiu, Manuela Diana, Sciuto, Francesco, Sinopoli, Mauro, Türker, Ali, Chiarore, Antonia, Tamburello, Laura, Kytinou, Eleni, Lipej, Lovrenc, Petović, Slavica, Mancini, Emanuele, Karray, Sahar, Hassen, Bilel, Katsanevakis, Stelios, Ferrario, Jasmine, Marchini, Agnese, Sconfietti, Renato, Ammar, Izdihar, Alo, Alaa, Edelist, Dori, Orlando- Bonaca, Martina, Papadakis, Orestis, Digenis, Markos, Begun, Tatiana, Teaca, Adrian, Tari, Gokhan, Skouradakis, Grigorios, Tomas, Fiona, Bariche, Michel, Corsini-Foka, Maria, Kaminas, Alexandros, Konida, Kassiani, Yapıcı, Sercan, Sini, Maria, Deidun, Alan, Marrone, Alessio, Fraschetti, Simonetta, Mangialajo, Luisa, Zotou, Maria, Skolka, Marius, Rabaoui, Lotfi Jilani, Azzurro, Ernesto, Vella, Adriana, Di Martino, Vincenzo, Dailianis, Thanos, Grigoriou, Panos, Jimenez, Carlos, Chatzigeorgiou, Giorgos, Ben Amor, Mohamed Mourad, Vernadou, Emmanouela, Zamuda, Leon Lojze, Arda, Yaprak, Minasidis, Vasileios, Azzola, Annalisa, Tsalapatis, Alexandros, Hadjioannou, Louis, Montefalcone, Monica, Zaouali, Jeanne, Baldacchino, Yacopo, Stancanelli, Bessy, Bonifazi, Andrea, Trkov, Domen, Occhipinti-Ambrogi, Anna, Smeraldo, Sonia, Evans, Julian, Kondylatos, Gerasimos, Falautano, Manuela, Scannella, Danilo, Castriota, Luca, Zava, Bruno, Lamprou, Aggelos, Rizgalla, Jamila, Mancuso, Francesco Paolo, Mavrič, Borut, Papadimitriou, Evangelos, Kersting, Diego K., Schembri, Patrick J., Khamassi, Faten, Nikolaou, Athanasios, Ballesteros, Enric, Tiralongo, Francesco, Agrotis, Neophytos, Dimitriadis, Charalampos, Petrou, Antonis, García, María, Anastasiadis, Athanasios, Kalogirou, Stefanos, Nalmpanti, Melina, Altamirano, María, Grech, Daniele, Mavrouleas, Dimitrios, Vella, Noel, Agius Darmanin, Sandra, Mačić, Vesna, Resaikos, Vasilis, Verdura, Jana, Dragičević, Branko, Poursanidis, Dimitris, Tsatiris, Alexandros, Vitale, Sergio, Valsamidis, Michail-Aggelos, Bazairi, Hocein, Surugiu, Victor, Mannino, Anna Maria, Virgili, Riccardo, Karachle, Paraskevi K., Bilecenoglu, Murat, Collepardo Coccia, Fabio, El Zrelli, Radhouan, Nikolidakis, Savvas, Ertan Çinar, Melih, Moraitis, Manos L., Albano, Paolo G., Huseyinoglu, Mehmet Fatih, Kaddouri, Nassir, Kosma, Ioanna, Aydın, İlker, Falsone, Fabio, Fossati, Valentina, Geraci, Michele Luca, Batjakas, Ioannis E., Bos, Arthur R., El Ouamari, Najib, Mihneva, Vesselina, Giallongo, Giovanni, Kampouris, Thodoros E., Ounifi-Ben Amor, Khadija, Bahri, Wafa Rjiba, and Doğan, Alper

Subjects
Introduced organisms -- Mediterranean Sea, Marine animals -- Mediterranean Sea, Marine animals -- Black Sea, Climatic changes -- Black Sea Region, Climatic changes -- Mediterranean Region, Introduced organisms -- Black Sea
Abstract

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 was made to provide unpublished records and make them open access to the scientific community. Through this effort, we collected and harmonized a dataset of 12,649 records. It includes 247 taxa, of which 217 are Animalia, 25 Plantae and 5 Chromista, from 23 countries surrounding the Mediterranean and the Black Sea. Chordata was the most abundant taxonomic group, followed by Arthropoda, Mollusca, and Annelida. In terms of species records, Siganus luridus, Siganus rivulatus, Saurida lessepsianus, Pterois miles, Upeneus moluccensis, Charybdis (Archias) longicollis, and Caulerpa cylindracea were the most numerous. The temporal distribution of the records ranges from 1973 to 2022, with 44% of the records in 2020–2021. Lethrinus borbonicus is reported for the first time in the Mediterranean Sea, while Pomatoschistus quagga, Caulerpa cylindracea, Grateloupia turuturu, and Misophria pallida are first records for the Black Sea; Kapraunia schneideri is recorded for the second time in the Mediterranean and for the first time in Israel; Prionospio depauperata and Pseudonereis anomala are reported for the first time from the Sea of Marmara. Many first country records are also included, namely: Amathia verticillata (Montenegro), Ampithoe valida (Italy), Antithamnion amphigeneum (Greece), Clavelina oblonga (Tunisia and Slovenia), Dendostrea cf. folium (Syria), Epinephelus fasciatus (Tunisia), Ganonema farinosum (Montenegro), Macrorhynchia philippina (Tunisia), Marenzelleria neglecta (Romania), Paratapes textilis (Tunisia), and Botrylloides diegensis (Tunisia)., peer-reviewed

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2023

26. Spatially Explicit Seagrass Extent Mapping Across the Entire Mediterranean

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Lee, Chengfa Benjamin, Traganos, Dimosthenis, Blume, Alina, Poursanidis, Dimitris, Čižmek, Hrvoje, Deter, Julie, Mačić, Vesna, Montefalcone, Monica, Pergent, Gérard, Pergent-Martini, Christine, Ricart, Aurora, and Reinartz, Peter

Subjects
Global and Planetary Change, Blue Carbon, Posidonia oceanica, Ocean Engineering, Aquatic Science, Mediterranean, Coastal ecosystem accounting, Oceanography, Mediterranean, Sentinel-2, Posidonia oceanica, Coastal ecosystem accounting, Google Earth EngineSeagrass, Earth Observation, Blue Carbon, Google Earth Engine Seagrass, Earth Observation, Sentinel-2, Large-scale mapping, Seagrass, Water Science and Technology
Abstract

The seagrass Posidonia oceanica is the main habitat-forming species of the coastal Mediterranean, providing millennial-scale ecosystem services including habitat provisioning, biodiversity maintenance, food security, coastal protection, and carbon sequestration. Meadows of this endemic seagrass species represent the largest carbon storage among seagrasses around the world, largely contributing to global blue carbon stocks. Yet, the slow growth of this temperate species and the extreme projected temperature and sea-level rise due to climate change increase the risk of reduction and loss of these services. Currently, there are knowledge gaps in its basin-wide spatially explicit extent and relevant accounting, therefore accurate and efficient mapping of its distribution and trajectories of change is needed. Here, we leveraged contemporary advances in Earth Observation—cloud computing, open satellite data, and machine learning—with field observations through a cloud-native geoprocessing framework to account the spatially explicit ecosystem extent of P. oceanica seagrass across its full bioregional scale. Employing 279,186 Sentinel-2 satellite images between 2015 and 2019, and a human-labeled training dataset of 62,928 pixels, we mapped 19,020 km2 of P. oceanica meadows up to 25 m of depth in 22 Mediterranean countries, across a total seabed area of 56,783 km2. Using 2,480 independent, field-based points, we observe an overall accuracy of 72%. We include and discuss global and region-specific seagrass blue carbon stocks using our bioregional seagrass extent estimate. As reference data collections, remote sensing technology and biophysical modelling improve and coalesce, such spatial ecosystem extent accounts could further support physical and monetary accounting of seagrass condition and ecosystem services, like blue carbon and coastal biodiversity. We envisage that effective policy uptake of these holistic seagrass accounts in national climate strategies and financing could accelerate transparent natural climate solutions and coastal resilience, far beyond the physical location of seagrass beds.

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2022

27. Spatially Explicit Seagrass Extent Mapping Across the Entire Mediterranean

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Traganos, Dimosthenis, primary, Lee, Chengfa Benjamin, additional, Blume, Alina, additional, Poursanidis, Dimitris, additional, Čižmek, Hrvoje, additional, Deter, Julie, additional, Mačić, Vesna, additional, Montefalcone, Monica, additional, Pergent, Gérard, additional, Pergent-Martini, Christine, additional, Ricart, Aurora M., additional, and Reinartz, Peter, additional

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2022
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28. Spatially Explicit Seagrass Extent Mapping Across the Entire Mediterranean

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Traganos, Dimosthenis, Lee, Chengfa Benjamin, Blume, Alina, Poursanidis, Dimitris, Čižmek, Hrvoje, Deter, Julie, Mačić, Vesna, Montefalcone, Monica, Pergent, Gérard, Pergent-martini, Christine, Ricart, Aurora M., Reinartz, Peter, Traganos, Dimosthenis, Lee, Chengfa Benjamin, Blume, Alina, Poursanidis, Dimitris, Čižmek, Hrvoje, Deter, Julie, Mačić, Vesna, Montefalcone, Monica, Pergent, Gérard, Pergent-martini, Christine, Ricart, Aurora M., and Reinartz, Peter

Abstract

The seagrass Posidonia oceanica is the main habitat-forming species of the coastal Mediterranean, providing millennial-scale ecosystem services including habitat provisioning, biodiversity maintenance, food security, coastal protection, and carbon sequestration. Meadows of this endemic seagrass species represent the largest carbon storage among seagrasses around the world, largely contributing to global blue carbon stocks. Yet, the slow growth of this temperate species and the extreme projected temperature and sea-level rise due to climate change increase the risk of reduction and loss of these services. Currently, there are knowledge gaps in its basin-wide spatially explicit extent and relevant accounting, therefore accurate and efficient mapping of its distribution and trajectories of change is needed. Here, we leveraged contemporary advances in Earth Observation—cloud computing, open satellite data, and machine learning—with field observations through a cloud-native geoprocessing framework to account the spatially explicit ecosystem extent of P. oceanica seagrass across its full bioregional scale. Employing 279,186 Sentinel-2 satellite images between 2015 and 2019, and a human-labeled training dataset of 62,928 pixels, we mapped 19,020 km2 of P. oceanica meadows up to 25 m of depth in 22 Mediterranean countries, across a total seabed area of 56,783 km2. Using 2,480 independent, field-based points, we observe an overall accuracy of 72%. We include and discuss global and region-specific seagrass blue carbon stocks using our bioregional seagrass extent estimate. As reference data collections, remote sensing technology and biophysical modelling improve and coalesce, such spatial ecosystem extent accounts could further support physical and monetary accounting of seagrass condition and ecosystem services, like blue carbon and coastal biodiversity. We envisage that effective policy uptake of these holistic seagrass accounts in national climate strategies and financing c

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2022
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31. Seafloor litter in two protected areas (Sopot and Dražin vrt) in the Boka Kotorska Bay (Montenegro, southeast Adriatic Sea)

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Gvozdenović, Slađana, Mačić, Vesna, Petović, Slavica, Đorđević, Nikola, and Mandić, Milica

Subjects
MPA, seafloor litter, marine pollution, Savalia savaglia, Adriatic Sea
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The first assesment of seafloor marine litter pollution in marine protected areas in Montenegro is presented. Surveys were performed during 2020 and 2021 year at two protected marine areas “Sopot” and “Dražin vrt”. Methodology was based on visual survey by SCUBA diving during cleaning campains. The results show dominance of plastic litter (46.91%), while considering the size classes, the most numerous was size class I (46.54%). Mean density of marine litter was 3 items/100 m2. Results indicate that both investigated MPA's are highly polluted by seafloor marine litter, what highlights the need for constant monitoring.

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2021
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32. New records of rare species Spongia (Spongia) lamella (Schulze, 1879) (Porifera) in Montenegrin coast

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Đorđević, Nikola, Mačić, Vesna, and Petović, Slavica

Subjects
Spongia (Spongia) lamella, endemic species, sponges, Porifera, Adriatic Sea
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Presence of the rare Mediterranean species Spongia (Spongia) lamella is documented in Montenegro at six locations with a total of 13 specimens. All specimens are found on hard bottom between 10 m and 17 m depth in areas with lower sea water transparency due to the vicinity of Bojana river. Five of the six locations documented in Montenegro are situated in the future MPA Stari Ulcinj, and four of these five locations are situated along 3 km coastline of the Valdanos Bay. The sixth location, situated at the islet of Đeran in closest vicinity of Bojana River, showed the highest density of S. lamella. A map and a bibliographical list of the updated global distribution expand the knowledge about the species.

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2021
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34. First record of the endemic anthozoan Spinimuricea klavereni (Carpine & Grasshoff 1975) (Cnidaria, Anthozoa, Plexauridae) in the Adriatic Sea

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Mačić, Vesna, Trainito, Egidio, Petović, Slavica, Mačić, Vesna, Trainito, Egidio, and Petović, Slavica

Abstract

We present the first record of the endemic Mediterranean anthozoan Spinimuricea klavereni (Carpine & Grasshoff 1975) (Cnidaria, Anthozoa, Plexauridae) for the Adriatic Sea (Boka Kotorska bay, Montenegro). A density of 0.72 colonies m-2 could be measured in the area, which was com-pared with the scant available data in the literature. Having in mind that this species is very rare and endemic for the Mediterranean, it is important to increase our knowledge on its distribution and biology in order to better assess its ecological role, the pending threats and the need for specific conservation measures., Prikazan je prvi nalaz endemičnog sredozemnog žarnjaka Spinimuricea klavereni (Carpine & Grasshoff 1975) (Cnidaria, Anthozoa, Plekauridae) za Jadransko more (Bokokotorski zaliv, Crna Gora). Dobijeni rezultati i izmjerena gustina od 0,72 kolonije m-2 su uspoređeni s oskudnim podacima dostupnim u literaturi. Imajući u vidu da je ova vrsta vrlo rijetka i endemska za Sredozemno more, važno je poboljšati znanje o njenoj distribuciji i biologiji kako bismo bolje procijenili njenu ekološku ulogu, prijetnje i potrebu za određenim mjerama zaštite.

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2021

35. Twelve Recommendations for Advancing Marine Conservation in European and Contiguous Seas

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European Cooperation in Science and Technology, Natural Environment Research Council (UK), Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (Portugal), Canada Research Chairs, Agencia Estatal de Investigación (España), Katsanevakis, Stelios, Coll, Marta, Fraschetti, Simonetta, Giakoumi, Sylvaine, Goldsborough, David, Mačić, Vesna, Mackelworth, Peter, Rilov, Gil, Stelzenmüller, Vanessa, Albano, Paolo G., Bates, Amanda E., Bevilacqua, Stanislao, Gissi, Elena, Hermoso, Virgilio, Mazaris, Antonios D., Pita, Cristina, Rossi, Valentina M., Teff-Seker, Yael, Yates, Katherine L., European Cooperation in Science and Technology, Natural Environment Research Council (UK), Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (Portugal), Canada Research Chairs, Agencia Estatal de Investigación (España), Katsanevakis, Stelios, Coll, Marta, Fraschetti, Simonetta, Giakoumi, Sylvaine, Goldsborough, David, Mačić, Vesna, Mackelworth, Peter, Rilov, Gil, Stelzenmüller, Vanessa, Albano, Paolo G., Bates, Amanda E., Bevilacqua, Stanislao, Gissi, Elena, Hermoso, Virgilio, Mazaris, Antonios D., Pita, Cristina, Rossi, Valentina M., Teff-Seker, Yael, and Yates, Katherine L.

Abstract

Like most ocean regions today, the European and contiguous seas experience cumulative impacts from local human activities and global pressures. They are largely in poor environmental condition with deteriorating trends. Despite several success stories, European policies for marine conservation fall short of being effective. Acknowledging the challenges for marine conservation, a 4-year multi-national network, MarCons, supported collaborative marine conservation efforts to bridge the gap between science, management and policy, aiming to contribute in reversing present negative trends. By consolidating a large network of more than 100 scientists from 26 countries, and conducting a series of workshops over 4 years (2016–2020), MarCons analyzed challenges, opportunities and obstacles for advancing marine conservation in the European and contiguous seas. Here, we synthesize the major issues that emerged from this analysis and make 12 key recommendations for policy makers, marine managers, and researchers. To increase the effectiveness of marine conservation planning, we recommend (1) designing coherent networks of marine protected areas (MPAs) in the framework of marine spatial planning (MSP) and applying systematic conservation planning principles, including re-evaluation of existing management zones, (2) designing MPA networks within a broader transboundary planning framework, and (3) implementing integrated land-freshwater-sea approaches. To address inadequate or poorly informed management, we recommend (4) developing and implementing adaptive management plans in all sites of the Natura 2000 European conservation network and revising the Natura 2000 framework, (5) embedding and implementing cumulative effects assessments into a risk management process and making them operational, and (6) promoting actions to reach ‘good environmental status’ in all European waters. To account for global change in conservation planning and management, we further recommend (7) developin

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2020

36. Modelling Macroalgal Forest Distribution at Mediterranean Scale: Present Status, Drivers of Changes and Insights for Conservation and Management

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Fabbrizzi, Erika, Scardi, Michele, Ballesteros, Enric, Benedetti-Cecchi, Lisandro, Cebrian, Emma, Ceccherelli, Giulia, De Leo, Francesco, Deidun, Alan, Guarnieri, Giuseppe, Falace, Annalisa, Fraissinet, Silvia, Giommi, Chiara, Mačić, Vesna, Passaron-Mangialajo, Luisa, Mannino, Anna Maria, Piazzi, Luigi, Ramdani, Mohamed, Rilov, Gil, Rindi, Luca, Rizzo, Lucia, Sarà, G., Ben Souissi, Jamila, Taskin, Ergun, Fraschetti, Simonetta, Fabbrizzi, Erika, Scardi, Michele, Ballesteros, Enric, Benedetti-Cecchi, Lisandro, Cebrian, Emma, Ceccherelli, Giulia, De Leo, Francesco, Deidun, Alan, Guarnieri, Giuseppe, Falace, Annalisa, Fraissinet, Silvia, Giommi, Chiara, Mačić, Vesna, Passaron-Mangialajo, Luisa, Mannino, Anna Maria, Piazzi, Luigi, Ramdani, Mohamed, Rilov, Gil, Rindi, Luca, Rizzo, Lucia, Sarà, G., Ben Souissi, Jamila, Taskin, Ergun, and Fraschetti, Simonetta

Abstract

Macroalgal forests are one of the most productive and valuable marine ecosystems, but yet strongly exposed to fragmentation and loss. Detailed large-scale information on their distribution is largely lacking, hindering conservation initiatives. In this study, a systematic effort to combine spatial data on Cystoseira C. Agardh canopies (Fucales, Phaeophyta) was carried out to develop a Habitat Suitability Model (HSM) at Mediterranean scale, providing critical tools to improve site prioritization for their management, restoration and protection. A georeferenced database on the occurrence of 20 Cystoseira species was produced collecting all the available information from published and grey literature, web data portals and co-authors personal data. Data were associated to 55 predictor variable layers in the (ASCII) raster format and were used in order to develop the HSM by means of a Random Forest, a very effective Machine Learning technique. Knowledge about the distribution of Cystoseira canopies was available for about the 14% of the Mediterranean coastline. Absence data were available only for the 2% of the basin. Despite these gaps, our HSM showed high accuracy levels in reproducing Cystoseira distribution so that the first continuous maps of the habitat across the entire basin was produced. Misclassification errors mainly occurred in the eastern and southern part of the basin, where large gaps of knowledge emerged. The most relevant drivers were the geomorphological ones, followed by anthropogenic variables proxies of pollution and urbanization. Our model shows the importance of data sharing to combine a large number of spatial and environmental data, allowing to individuate areas with high probability of Cystoseira occurrence as suitable for its presence. This approach encourages the use of this modelling tool for the prediction of Cystoseira distribution and for supporting and planning conservation and management initiatives. The step forward is to refine the spa

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2020

38. Twelve Recommendations for Advancing Marine Conservation in European and Contiguous Seas

Author

Katsanevakis, Stelios, primary, Coll, Marta, additional, Fraschetti, Simonetta, additional, Giakoumi, Sylvaine, additional, Goldsborough, David, additional, Mačić, Vesna, additional, Mackelworth, Peter, additional, Rilov, Gil, additional, Stelzenmüller, Vanessa, additional, Albano, Paolo G., additional, Bates, Amanda E., additional, Bevilacqua, Stanislao, additional, Gissi, Elena, additional, Hermoso, Virgilio, additional, Mazaris, Antonios D., additional, Pita, Cristina, additional, Rossi, Valentina, additional, Teff-Seker, Yael, additional, and Yates, Katherine, additional

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2020
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40. Modeling Macroalgal Forest Distribution at Mediterranean Scale: Present Status, Drivers of Changes and Insights for Conservation and Management

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Fabbrizzi, Erika, primary, Scardi, Michele, additional, Ballesteros, Enric, additional, Benedetti-Cecchi, Lisandro, additional, Cebrian, Emma, additional, Ceccherelli, Giulia, additional, De Leo, Francesco, additional, Deidun, Alan, additional, Guarnieri, Giuseppe, additional, Falace, Annalisa, additional, Fraissinet, Silvia, additional, Giommi, Chiara, additional, Mačić, Vesna, additional, Mangialajo, Luisa, additional, Mannino, Anna Maria, additional, Piazzi, Luigi, additional, Ramdani, Mohamed, additional, Rilov, Gil, additional, Rindi, Luca, additional, Rizzo, Lucia, additional, Sarà, Gianluca, additional, Souissi, Jamila Ben, additional, Taskin, Ergun, additional, and Fraschetti, Simonetta, additional

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2020
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42. Seasonal variation in biopharmaceutical activity and fatty acid content of endemic Fucus virsoides algae from Adriatic sea

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Grozdanić Nađa, Zdunić Gordana, Šavikin Katarina, Đuričić Ivana, Kosanić Marijana, Mačić Vesna, Matić Ivana Z, and Stanojković Tatjana P

Subjects
Cytotoxic, Fucus virsoides, α-glucosidase, fatty acid
Abstract

Macroalgae from Fucus genus are a valuable source of bioactive components as they are abundantin complex polysaccharides, fatty acids and polyphenols. In this work, the biological activity and chemical composition of extracts and fractions obtained from endemic Fucus virsoides J. Agardh species collected in the summer and the fall were investigated. From dichloromethane:methanol (1 : 1) extract three fractions were made: petroleum-ether, ethyl-acetate and n-butanol. The aim of the study was to examine the influence of the seasonal variations on algal composition and activity. The significant seasonal variation in content and biolog-ical activity of Fucus virsoidessamples was found. Fall extract and fractions exerted higher cytotoxic effects on cancer cell lines in comparison with summer extract and fractions. The examined extracts and fractions showed higher cytotoxic activity towards cancer cells compared to normal fibroblast MRC-5 cells.Morphological evaluation and cell cycle distribution analysis demonstrated their pro apoptotic activity in human cervical adenocarcinoma HeLa cells. Fall extract and fractions better suppressed the migration and tube formation of EA.hy926 cells in comparison with summer extract and fractions. Fall extract and fractions were more potent in inhibition of α-glucosidase enzymatic activity. Ethyl-acetate fractions, from both seasons, exhibited the best antibacterial and antifungal activity on all tested bacteria and fungi. In conclusion, the two fall fractions ethyl-acetate and petroleum-ether rich in polyphenols and polyunsaturated fatty acids were the most active and exhibited prominent anticancer and anti-α-glucosidase activities

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2019

43. Potential impact of contamination on microbial communities in sediments of Montenegrin coast (southern Adriatic Sea)

Author

Jokanović, Sandra, Kajan, Katarina, Huter, Aleksandra, Perović, Svetlana, Mačić, Vesna, and Orlić, Sandi

Subjects
Bacteria, NGS, PAH, PCB, Sediment
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Coastal marine sediments are heavily influenced by humans through pollution and thus knowledge of the impacts of pollution upon microbial communities in these environments is important to understand potential effects on coastal areas as whole. The Montenegrin Coast (southern Adriatic Sea) covers a narrow strip of land with the coastline length of 294km, of which 105km belongs to the Bokakotorska Bay, a semi enclosed basin. In recent decades anthropogenic activities (municipial and industrial waste, rapid urbanisation, intesive maritime transport) have led to increased pollution of investigated marine ecosystem, especially in the Bay. The goal of this study was to elucidate bacterial community composition in sediments from twelve sites that ranged in types and level of anthropogenic impacts along coast. The sediments were characterized for a range of physicochemical properties, and microbial community structure was determined by Illumina sequencing of the 16S rRNA genes. Chemical analysis confirmed the high contamination with concentration of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) and polyhlorinated biphenyls (PCB) at three port stations within Bokakotorska Bay (Port of Kotor, Port of Montenegro and Shipyard Bijela) exceeding the sediment quidelines. Based on average relative abundance Gammaproteobacteria (28%), Deltaproteobacteria (24.4%), Alphaproteobacteria (7.27%) of the Proteobacteria phylum ; Thermoanaerobaculia (7.45%) of the Acidobacteria phylum and Bacteroiidia (6.18%) of the phylum Bacteroidetes were the five largest classes of bacteria in our samples. Gamma- and Deltaproteobacteria were the largest classes in all samples except the most polluted - Shipyard Bijela station where Alpahproteobacteria followed Gammaproteobacteria in abundance. Estuary site Ada Bojana dominated by Gammaproteobacteria and Bacteroiidia. Canonical correspondence analysis (CCA) indicated that PAH, PCB and total nitrogen were the important factors in regulating the bacterial community. The most significant correlation showed Alphaproteobacteria with PAH and PCB (r = 0.91 ; r = 0.88, p< 0.05) and Bacteroiidia with total nitrogen content ( r = - 0.620 ; p < 0.05). Our results indicate that shift in bacterial community composition showed strong associations with environmental variables particularly PAH contaminants

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2019

44. REEF-LIKE STRUCTURE OF THE CORAL CLADOCORA CAESPITOSA (LINNAEUS, 1767)(ANTHOZOA, SCLERACTINIA) IN THE SOUTH ADRIATIC SEA (MONTENEGRO, CAPE JAZ)

Author

Mačić, Vesna, Kranjc, Janez, Kružić, Petar, Ceramicola, Silvia, Tanhua, Toste, Galgani, François, Glöckner, Frank Oliver, Ben Souissi, Jamila, Deudero, Salud, Milchakova, Natalya, and Azzurro, Ernesto

Subjects
Cnidaria, Adriatic Sea, Zoobenthos, Bio-indicators, Conservation
Abstract

Coral banks in the Mediterranean Sea are very rare and here are presented some basic characteristics of the C. caespitosa bank in the South Adriatic, Montenegro, cape Jaz. Unfortunately big part of the coral bank is not in good condition and most probably because of the human impacts.

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2019

45. New findings of a rare bentho-pelagic copepod Mesaiokeras hurei Kršinić, 2003

Author

Lučić, Davor, Pestorić, Branka, Hure, Marijana, Drakulović, Dragana, Mačić, Vesna, and Violić, Ivana

Subjects
Mesaiokeratidae, hyperbenthic species, Adriatic Sea, Mediterranean
Abstract

The small-size copepod Mesaiokeras hurei Kršinić, 2003, was recorded for the first time in the Kotor Bay (Montenegro) in October 2018. This is the second finding of this species in the Mediterranean Sea, as well as generally in the world. It had been found before only in an isolated marine lake on the southern Adriatic island of Mljet (Croatia). The mono-generic family Mesaiokeratidae (Copepoda: Calanoida) is exclusively bentho-pelagic and comprises nine small hyperbenthic species. In the Kotor Bay. M. hurei was found in the depression of 63 m depth which slopes down from a depth of about 20 m. Samples were taken with a 5-L Niskin bottle, each 5 m from the surface to 60 m depth. M. hurei was noted below 40 m, and abundances increased toward the bottom with a maximum of 13 ind. L-1. An average value for 40-60 m depth layer was 4.40±4, 93 ind. L-1. We assume that M. hurei could be a common species of specific coastal depression with stable hy-drographic conditions. The small size and specific habitats could be the main reason for lack of knowledge of the copepods in the Mediterranean Sea.

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2019

46. Typology of marine litter in 'Papuča' (Slipper) cave (Montenegro, South Adriatic Sea)

Author

Mačić, Vesna, Đorđević, Nikola, Petović, Slavica, Malovrazić, Nemanja, and Bajković, Marija

Subjects
Marine litter, cave, clean-up, awareness, Adriatic Sea
Abstract

Marine caves are endangered and protected habitat. Marine litter is a growing threat forbiodiversity but unfortunately, until now there are only few data about litter in marine caves.Because of that aims of our work were to evaluate quantity and typology of the marine litter in oneof the semi-submersed marine caves and to contribute to the awareness. As expected, huge majorityof the litter was plastic (95.2%) while other 5 categories were present in less than 5 % (rubber 2.8%,glass 1.2%, cloths 0.6%, wood 0.2%, metal 0.1%). Peculiarity of the marine litter in this cave is ahuge number of slippers, in number 76. We think that name of the cave “Papuča” (Slippers) as wellas many pictures of marine litter collected from the cave could help us to better promote this cavecleaning activity and underline problems caused by marine litter.

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2018
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47. Tracking a mass mortality outbreak of pen shell Pinna nobilis populations: A collaborative effort of scientists and citizens

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Universidad de Alicante. Departamento de Ciencias del Mar y Biología Aplicada, Cabanellas-Reboredo, Miguel, Vázquez-Luis, Maite, Mourre, Baptiste, Álvarez, Elvira, Deudero, Salud, Amores, Ángel, Addis, Piero, Ballesteros, Enric, Barrajón, Agustín, Coppa, Stefania, García-March, José Rafael, Giacobbe, Salvatore, Gimenez-Casalduero, Francisca, Hadjioannou, Louis, Jiménez-Gutiérrez, Santiago V., Katsanevakis, Stelios, Kersting, Diego K., Mačić, Vesna, Mavrič, Borut, Patti, Francesco Paolo, Planes, Serge, Prado, Patricia, Sánchez, Jordi, Tena-Medialdea, José, Vaugelas, Jean de, Vicente, Nardo, Belkhamssa, Fatima Zohra, Zupan, Ivan, Hendriks, Iris E., Universidad de Alicante. Departamento de Ciencias del Mar y Biología Aplicada, Cabanellas-Reboredo, Miguel, Vázquez-Luis, Maite, Mourre, Baptiste, Álvarez, Elvira, Deudero, Salud, Amores, Ángel, Addis, Piero, Ballesteros, Enric, Barrajón, Agustín, Coppa, Stefania, García-March, José Rafael, Giacobbe, Salvatore, Gimenez-Casalduero, Francisca, Hadjioannou, Louis, Jiménez-Gutiérrez, Santiago V., Katsanevakis, Stelios, Kersting, Diego K., Mačić, Vesna, Mavrič, Borut, Patti, Francesco Paolo, Planes, Serge, Prado, Patricia, Sánchez, Jordi, Tena-Medialdea, José, Vaugelas, Jean de, Vicente, Nardo, Belkhamssa, Fatima Zohra, Zupan, Ivan, and Hendriks, Iris E.

Abstract

A mass mortality event is devastating the populations of the endemic bivalve Pinna nobilis in the Mediterranean Sea from early autumn 2016. A newly described Haplosporidian endoparasite (Haplosporidium pinnae) is the most probable cause of this ecological catastrophe placing one of the largest bivalves of the world on the brink of extinction. As a pivotal step towards Pinna nobilis conservation, this contribution combines scientists and citizens’ data to address the fast- and vast-dispersion and prevalence outbreaks of the pathogen. Therefore, the potential role of currents on parasite expansion was addressed by means of drift simulations of virtual particles in a high-resolution regional currents model. A generalized additive model was implemented to test if environmental factors could modulate the infection of Pinna nobilis populations. The results strongly suggest that the parasite has probably dispersed regionally by surface currents, and that the disease expression seems to be closely related to temperatures above 13.5 °C and to a salinity range between 36.5–39.7 psu. The most likely spread of the disease along the Mediterranean basin associated with scattered survival spots and very few survivors (potentially resistant individuals), point to a challenging scenario for conservation of the emblematic Pinna nobilis, which will require fast and strategic management measures and should make use of the essential role citizen science projects can play.

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2019

48. Management priorities for marine invasive species

Author

Giakoumi, Sylvaine, Katsanevakis, Stelios, Albano, Paolo G., Azzurro, Ernesto, Cardoso, Ana Cristina, Cebrian, Emma, Deidun, Alan, Edelist, Dor, Francour, P., Jiménez, Carlos E., Mačić, Vesna, Occhipinti-Ambrogi, Anna, Rilov, Gil, Sghaier, Yassine Ramzi, Giakoumi, Sylvaine, Katsanevakis, Stelios, Albano, Paolo G., Azzurro, Ernesto, Cardoso, Ana Cristina, Cebrian, Emma, Deidun, Alan, Edelist, Dor, Francour, P., Jiménez, Carlos E., Mačić, Vesna, Occhipinti-Ambrogi, Anna, Rilov, Gil, and Sghaier, Yassine Ramzi

Abstract

Managing invasive alien species is particularly challenging in the ocean mainly because marine ecosystems are highly connected across broad spatial scales. Eradication of marine invasive species has only been achieved when species were detected early, and management responded rapidly. Generalized approaches, transferable across marine regions, for prioritizing actions to control invasive populations are currently lacking. Here, expert knowledge was elicited to prioritize 11 management actions for controlling 12 model species, distinguished by differences in dispersion capacity, distribution in the area to be managed, and taxonomic identity. Each action was assessed using five criteria (effectiveness, feasibility, acceptability, impacts on native communities, and cost), which were combined in an ‘applicability’ metric. Raising public awareness and encouraging the commercial use of invasive species were highly prioritized, whereas biological control actions were considered the least applicable. Our findings can guide rapid decision-making on prioritizing management options for the control of invasive species especially at early stages of invasion, when reducing managers' response time is critical.

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2019

49. Review of heterobranch molluscs fauna in the Boka Kotorska Bay, Montenegro

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Jovanović, Milica, Mačić, Vesna, Trkov, Domen, Orlando-Bonaca, Martina, Lipej, Lovrenc, Jovanović, Milica, Mačić, Vesna, Trkov, Domen, Orlando-Bonaca, Martina, and Lipej, Lovrenc

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Heterobranch molluscs fauna in Montenegro has been poorly investigated so far. The aim of the present paper is to improve the knowledge about species diversity of these marine organisms in the Boka Kotorska Bay, a specific fjord-like entity in the southern Adriatic Sea. New records of seven heterobranch species were obtained by field surveys in 2017, while three new records were provided by analysing underwater photographs from previous periods. The resulted checklist summarizes the knowledge of the diversity of heterobranchs in the Boka Kotorska Bay from the oldest record in 1967 to the present day and consists of a total of 62 heterobranch species., Fauna puževa golaća (Heterobranchia) u Crnoj Gori je do sada slabo istražena. Cilj ovog rada je bio unaprijediti saznanja o ovim morskim organizmima u zalivu Boka Kotorska, specifičnom, nalik fjordu zalivu južnog Jadrana. Novi nalazi za sedam vrsta heterobranchia su pronađeni tijekom naših terenskih istraživanja u 2017. godini, dok su podaci za tri nova nalaza dobijeni analizom podvodnih fotografija iz prethodnih razdoblja. Ažurirana lista sumira saznanja o raznolikosti puževa golaća u Bokokotorskom zalijevu od najs-tarijeg zapisa iz 1967.g. do danas, a obuhvaća ukupno 62 vrste.

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2019

50. Recent changes (2013-2017) in scyphomedusan fauna in the Boka Kotorska Bay, Montenegro (Southeast Adriatic)

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Violić, Ivana, Kogovšek, Tjaša, Pestorić, Branka, Mačić, Vesna, Milić Beran, Ivona, Lučić, Davor, Violić, Ivana, Kogovšek, Tjaša, Pestorić, Branka, Mačić, Vesna, Milić Beran, Ivona, and Lučić, Davor

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A semi- quantitative time series (2013-2017) was used to present the recent events of scyphomedusae appearance and abundance in the Boka Kotorska Bay, Montenegro, Southeast Adriatic. Six meroplanktonic species were recorded: Aurelia spp, Chrysaora hysoscella, Cotylorhiza tuberculata ̧ Discomedusa lobata, Drymonema dalmatinum and Rhizostoma pulmo. Among them, C. hysoscella and D. lobata dominated in the water column during winter and spring, forming dense aggregations in March and May, and February to May, respectively. Our description of the D. lobata blooms are actually the first known records of blooms for this species. C. tuberculata was observed in the Bay principally in August and September. The bloom was occurred only in 2017, being the first information of C. tuberculata mass appearance in this area. We hypothesized that global warming phenomena could trigger the observed changes, and in this respect, long-term trends of sea surface temperature (SST) fluctuations were analysed. The scyphomedusae blooms coincided with high positive SST anomalies, noted in the last seven years for this area. To better understand the mechanisms underlying changes in their phenology and abundance, detailed studies on benthic stages in the Bay are essential., Semi kvantitativne serije podataka (2013.-2017.) upotrjebljene su za prikaz novonastalih promje-na pojave i brojnosti režnjaka u akvatoriju Bokokotorskog zaljeva. Pretpostavljajući da bi globalno zagrijavanje moglo potaknuti promatrane promjene, analizirani su dugoročni trendovi fluktuacija površinske temperature mora. Zabilježeno je šest meroplanktonskih vrsta: Aurelia spp, Chrysaora hysoscella, Cothyloriza tuberculata ̧ Discomedusa lobata, Drymonema dalmatinum i Rhizostomapulmo. Među njima C. hysoscella, i D. lobata su bile veoma česte i brojne., formirajući nakupine velikih gustoća tijekom zime i proljeća. Za vrstu D. lobata je ujedno prvi poznati opis masovne pojave ove meduze. Vrsta C. tuberculata je u akvatoriju bila primijećena tijekom ljeta, a u velikim gustoćama samo u 2017. godini. To je prvi dokumentirani opis masovne pojave ove meduze u Boko-kotorskom zaljevu. Pojave mase režnjaka u plankton podudaraju se s visokim odstupanjima površin-ske temperature mora zabilježenih posljednjih sedam godina. Stoga, naši opisi fenologije i brojnosti režnjaka u Bokokotorskom zaljevu su u skladu s dokazima porasta gustoće populacija želatinoznog zooplanktona na globalnoj skali. Za bolje razumijevanje mehanizma opisanih promjena neophodno je provesti detaljna istraživanja biologije i ekologije bentonskih stadija ovih organizama.

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2019

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