Sercan Yapıcı
A5016050253- Marine Ecology and Invasive Species
- Identification and Quantification in Food
- Fish Biology and Ecology Studies
- Parasite Biology and Host Interactions
- Fish Ecology and Management Studies
- Ichthyology and Marine Biology
- Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies
- Marine Invertebrate Physiology and Ecology
- Marine and fisheries research
- Forest Insect Ecology and Management
- Halal products and consumer behavior
- Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior
- Species Distribution and Climate Change
- Marine and environmental studies
- Aquaculture Nutrition and Growth
- Insect and Pesticide Research
- Cephalopods and Marine Biology
- Plant and Fungal Interactions Research
- International Maritime Law Issues
- Aquaculture disease management and microbiota
- Heavy metals in environment
- Date Palm Research Studies
- Genetic diversity and population structure
- Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
- Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies
Muğla University
2016-2025
ABSTRACT Standardised terminology in science is important for clarity of interpretation and communication. In invasion – a dynamic rapidly evolving discipline the proliferation technical has lacked standardised framework its development. The result convoluted inconsistent usage terminology, with various discrepancies descriptions damage interventions. A therefore needed clear, universally applicable, consistent to promote more effective communication across researchers, stakeholders,...
Biological invasions pose a rapidly expanding threat to the persistence, functioning and service provisioning of ecosystems globally, socio-economic interests. The stages successful are driven by same mechanism that underlies adaptive changes across species in general-via natural selection on intraspecific variation traits influence survival reproductive performance (i.e., fitness). Surprisingly, however, rapid progress field invasion science has resulted predominance species-level...
The Collective Article ‘New Mediterranean Biodiversity Records’ of the Marine Science journal offers means to publish biodiversity records in Sea. current article is divided two parts, for alien and native species respectively. new include: red alga Asparagopsis taxiformis (Crete Lakonicos Gulf) (Greece); Grateloupia turuturu (along Israeli shore); mantis shrimp Clorida albolitura (Gulf Antalya, Turkey); mud crab Dyspanopeus sayi (Mar Piccolo Taranto, Ionian Sea); blue Callinectes sapidus...
A new record of the endangered species blackchin guitarfish, Rhinobatos cemiculus (925 mm TL) is here reported from South Aegean Sea. On 11 January 2015, a single specimen was collected by longline off Kuşadası Bay, Turkey. This finding confirms presence along Anatolian coasts Sea and shows that occuring in belonging to family Rhinobatidae identified its distribution compared for Mediterranean based on literature. The main identification some measurements morphometric characteristics were...
The publication of this article is supported by the Open Access Publishing Fund International Association for Knowledge on Invasive Alien Species (INVASIVESNET; www.invasivesnet.org). Stelios Katsanevakis, Maria Sini and Konstantinos Tsirintanis were Hellenic Foundation Research Innovation (H.F.R.I.) under “First Call H.F.R.I. Projects to support Faculty members Researchers procurement high-cost research equipment grant” (Project Number: HFRI-FM17-1597). Enalia Physis acknowledges Pantelis...
Using a traditional, commercial, crustacean bottom trawl net we collected fish samples from the southern Aegean Sea, Dec 2009 to Nov 2010, at depths of 30–225 m. We total 35 428 specimens representing 50 families and 103 species: Argentina sphyraena Linnaeus, 1758; Arnoglossus laterna (Walbaum, 1792); rueppelii (Cocco, 1844); thori Kyle, 1913; Belone belone (Linnaeus, 1761); svetovidovi Collette et Parin, 1970; Blennius ocellaris Boops boops 1758); Bothus podas (Delaroche, 1809);...
Biological invasions are increasingly recognised as a major global change that erodes ecosystems, societal well-being, and economies. However, comprehensive analyses of their economic ramifications missing for most national economies, despite rapidly escalating costs globally. Türkiye is highly vulnerable to biological owing its extensive transport network trade connections well unique transcontinental position at the interface Europe Asia. This study presents first analysis reported caused...
Abstract The underlying mechanisms responsible for ecological plasticity and consequent invasive character of non‐native freshwater fish species, variations in growth life history traits gibel carp Carassius gibelio (Bloch) were compared natural artificial water bodies Turkey. Females significantly outnumbered males all most waters. Discriminate function analysis differentiated populations into three separate groups (natural lakes, running waters), with significant differences among...
In the present article, new records are given for 15 species (4 native and 9 alien 2 cryptogenic), belonging to 6 Phyla (i.e. Chlorophyta, Ctenophora, Cnidaria, Mollusca, Arthropoda, Chordata), from 10 Mediterranean countries: Morocco: finding of crab Callinectes sapidus represents westernmost one in Mediterranean; Italy: first nudibranch Polycera hedgpethi harbour La Spezia, invasive ctenophore Mnemiopsis leidyi Fiora River; Tunisia: Caulerpa taxifolia var. distichophylla is recorded time,...
In the present Collective Article information on 26 taxa belonging to 8 Phyla and extended from western Mediterranean Levantine Sea are presented. The new records were found in 9 countries as follows: Spain: first record for of crab Cancer bellianus; Algeria: further alien fish Lagocephalus sceleratus west Algerian waters; Italy: report presence establishment ctenophore Mnemiopsis leidyi Lessina Varano Lagoons (W. Adriatic) Penaeus aztecus Corigliano Gulf (Italian Ionian). Moreover,...
This study aims to determine and compare the reference values of haematological biochemical blood parameters two fish species collected from Gökova Bay (Muğla, South-Western Türkiye): non-native invasive Randall’s threadfin bream, Nemipterus randalli native Common pandora, Pagellus erythrinus . Both inhabit same environment compete for resources. Blood samples were a total 100 (50 N. 50 P. ) which caught depth 30 60 meters between February 2023 July 2024. Therefore, sampling could be carried...
Standardized terminology in science is important for clarity of interpretation and communication. In invasion — a dynamic quickly evolving discipline the rapid proliferation technical has lacked standardized framework its language development. The result convoluted inconsistent usage terminology, with various discrepancies descriptions damages interventions. A therefore needed clear, universally applicable, consistent to promote more effective communication across researchers, stakeholders,...
The Collective Article ‘New Mediterranean Biodiversity Records’ of the Marine Science journal offers means to publish biodiversity records in Sea. current article is divided two parts, for native and alien species respectively. new include: neon flying squid Ommastrephes bartramii Capri Island, Thyrrenian Sea; bigeye thresher shark Alopias superciliosus Adriatic a juvenile basking Cetorhinus maximus caught off Piran (northern Adriatic); deep-sea Messina rockfish Scorpaenodes arenai National...
Background. The ‘Lessepsian migration’ is a unidirectional phenomenon of successful biotic colonisation from the Red Sea into eastern Mediterranean via Suez Canal. In this study, 45 Lessepsian marine fish species were screened for their potential invasiveness in south-western coasts Anatolia (Muğla region, Turkey), with aim to inform policy makers on proper management and control measures. Materials methods. Species Aquatic Invasiveness Screening Kit (AS-ISK) south- western...
Human-induced biological introductions pose a major threat to global biodiversity, and this is especially frequent in the eastern Mediterranean region, which globally important biodiversity hotspot area of high conservation value. To predict at level introduced species region might become invasive under current projected climate conditions, 232 non-native aquatic organisms were screened using Aquatic Species Invasiveness Screening Kit. Based on receiver operative characteristic curve...
This collective article presents new information about 15 introduced taxa belonging to five phyla: one Rhodophyta, Chlorophyta, Mollusca, Annelida, two Arthropoda, and nine Chordata (one Ascidiacea eight Osteichthyes). The records refer Mediterranean countries extend from the Alboran Sea Levantine as follows: Spain: first record of African hind Cephalopholis taeniops for Sea, a further Monrovia surgeonfish Acanthurus monroviae, extending its distribution northwards in Western Mediterranean....
Weight-length relationships were established for eleven marine fish species caught in the SE Aegean Sea, Turkey. Additionally, a bibliographic review of such these was conducted. Based on results, values b parameter varied between 2.477 and 3.496, with one having isometric growth, five negative six positive allometric growth. Furthermore, Aulopus filamentosus there exist no information literature, whilst Callanthias ruber Gnathophis mystax, are available from Mediterranean.
This is the second collective paper issued in 2019, currently amalgamates new knowledge on Mediterranean geographic distributions of 17 species from five phyla (six aliens, three cosmopolitans, two east Atlantic records and six natives). The acknowledged were reported ten countries, mentioned here west to east: Spain: first report grouper Cephalopholis taeniops western an inclusion Pontarachna puntulum Litarachna communis pontarachnid fauna Spain; Morocco: record Solea senegalensis Moroccan...
The northward establishment of Sparisoma cretense in the Turkish waters Aegean Sea is documented.Three samples this thermophilic species were collected on 19 March 2014 along eastern coasts, at limits between Central and Northern part basin.Meridionalization tropicalization are briefly discussed.
This Collective Article presents information on 20 taxa belonging to five (5) Phyla: Cnidaria (2), Mollusca (8), Arthropoda (4), Echinodermata (1) and Chordata recorded from the Alboran Sea Levantine Sea. These new records were found in seven (7) different ecoregions as follows: Sea: record of rare football octopus Ocythoe tuberculata harbour Algeciras (Spain); Western Mediterranean first isopod Arcturinella deltensis Ligurian Sea, third whole Sea; site for Muricidae Coralliophila ahuiri...
Nowadays, the Mediterranean is a hotspot of biodiversity, characterized by changes in fish communities due to invasions. These invasions, mainly occurring through entrance species Suez Canal, process called Lessepsian migration, has been increasing last 40 years. It reported that, Turkish seas, where 512 are found, 75 species. However, knowledge about impact on native insufficient. This study aims determine bio-ecological characteristics and food interactions Pagellus erythrinus non-native...
The Aquatic Species Invasiveness Screening Kit (AS-ISK) has been used in order to exhibit the factors increasing invasiveness of Pufferfishes on Muğla coast. Basic Risk Assessment (BRA) scores were calculated as 28.0 (Lagocephalus guentheri), 31.0 (Torguigener flavimaculasus), 33.0 suezensis), 38.0 spadiceus) and 40.0 sceleratus) these indicated a high risk for species. overall AS-ISK were; climate match, tolerance wide range environmental conditions, flexibility utilizing food resources,...
Pterois miles is currently considered a marine invader, especially in the western Atlantic where species has been introduced middle of 1980's , at about same time first appeared eastern Mediterranean. West experience and relevant literature told us that 'a P. invasion begun Mediterranean'. Here, research presented providing important integrating data from by Atlantic, current status historical distribution Mediterranean with northernmost occurrence Aegean Sea (off Didim coast, Turkey).
Biological invasions have posed a major threat to global and regional biodiversity. The Mediterranean Sea, one of the biodiversity hotspots in world, has long suffered multiple frequent invasion events. This paper represents screening results potential invasiveness 23 introduced marine fish species, which are classified as neonative alien. To predict species under current predicted climate conditions, Aquatic Species Invasiveness Screening Kit (AS-ISK) is applied. Thresholds been constituted...