Update of marine alien species in Hellenic waters

By M. Pancucci-Papadopoulou, Argyro Zenetos, M. Corsini-Foka, C. Politou. 2005

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The list of marine alien species in Hellenic waters is updated taking into account new findings (published and unpublished data). According to the present work, the number of these species has increased from 90 (known until end 2003) to 128. Most of them are zoobenthic species followed by fish and macroalgae. An interannual analysis revealed an important increase of alien species during the last years. The study of their geographic distribution showed that their majority is present in the southeastern Aegean. More than 55% of them are well established, while about 40% are casual records. Their main pathway of introduction seems to be the Suez Canal followed by shipping, whereas the Straits of Gibraltar, aquaculture and the Straits of Dardanelles appear to play a less important role in their invasion of Hellenic waters. These findings are discussed considering environmental and anthropogenic factors.

Subfields: Global and Planetary Change, Molecular Biology

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In Global and Planetary Change

1. Argyro Zenetos
2. M. Çınar
3. Stelios Katsanevakis
4. M. Verlaque
5. M. Pancucci-Papadopoulou
6. A. Rosso
7. X. Turon
8. D. Golani

In Molecular Biology

1. M. Çınar
2. X. Turon
3. Argyro Zenetos
4. M. Verlaque
5. Stelios Katsanevakis

Citations in the corpus

• Uncertainties and validation of alien species catalogues: The Mediterranean as an example (2017, background): “Mediterranean specimens originally ascribed to Murchisonella columna (Hedley, 1907) were recently described as Murchisonella mediterranea Pen~as and Rolan, 2013, a Mediterranean endemic species (see Pen~as and Rolan, 2013).”
• Marine alien species in Greek Seas: Additions and amendments by 2010 (2011, background): “Following a series of scattered publications dealing with single species or groups, a summary of marine alien biota in Greek waters was prepared by PANCUCCIPAPADOPOULOU et al. (2005a) and updated by PANCUCCI-PAPADOPOULOU et al. (2005b).”
• Alien species in British brackish and marine waters (2013, unknown): “Lists of marine and brackish water alien species have been compiled for a number of European countries and regoins including: Azores (Cardigos et al. 2006), Belgium (Kerckhof et al. 2007), Denmark (Jensen and Knudsen 2005), Germany (Gollasch and Nehring 2006), France (Goulletquer et al. 2002), Greec”
• Aquatic alien species in Greece (2009): tracking sources, patterns and effects on the ecosystem. (2009, methodology): “Pancucci-Papadopoulou et al. (2005b) have revised previous lists, following the Mediterranean Annotated List of Alien Biota (Zenetos et al.”