Alien species on the coasts of Turkey
By M. Çınar, M. Bilecenoğlu, B. Öztürk, T. Katağan, V. Aysel. 2005
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The compilation of data on alien species reported from the Turkish coasts yielded a total of 263 species belonging to 11 systematic groups, of which Mollusca had the highest number of species (85 species), followed by Crustacea (51), fishes (43) and phytobenthos (39). The Black Sea is represented by a total of 20 alien species, the Sea of Marmara by 48 species, the Aegean Sea by 98 species and the Levantine Sea by 202 species. The majority of aliens found in the Black Sea and the Sea of Marmara were transported via shipping, whereas the Levantine coast is extensively subjected to Lessepsian migration. Benthic habitats (soft and hard substrata) comprise 76% of the total alien species and the pelagic environment is inhabited by thirty-nine species. Almost 50% of aliens collected from the Turkish coasts were found only at 0-10 m depth. Eight species occur at depths deeper than 100 m. The impacts of aliens on the benthic and pelagic ecosystems are presented.
Subfields: Global and Planetary Change, Molecular Biology, Oceanography
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- An updated review of alien species on the coasts of Turkey (2011, methodology): “Here, we give the list of alien species based on the species reports up to December 2010, together with the first years of their collections, unlike INAR et al. (2005a) who only mentioned the first years of their reports.”
- Serpulid species (Polychaeta: Serpulidae) from the Levantine coast of Turkey (eastern Mediterranean), with special emphasis on alien species (2006, background): “(Çinar et al. 2005).”
- Turkey's globally important biodiversity in crisis (2011, background): “More than 380 marine exotics have been recorded, including 98 mollusc, 58 crustacean, and 53 fish species (Çınar et al., 2005; Yokes and Galil, 2006a; Zenetos et al., 2008; Çınar, 2009; Yokes , 2009).”
- Alien polychaete species (Annelida: Polychaeta) on the southern coast of Turkey (Levantine Sea, eastern Mediterranean), with 13 new records for the Mediterranean Sea (2009, background): “( 2005 ), one new alien species was introduced every 15.”