A5061194652- Marine Ecology and Invasive Species
- Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies
- Fish Biology and Ecology Studies
- Identification and Quantification in Food
- Marine and fisheries research
- Marine Biology and Ecology Research
- Crustacean biology and ecology
- Parasite Biology and Host Interactions
- Marine Invertebrate Physiology and Ecology
- Marine Toxins and Detection Methods
- Ichthyology and Marine Biology
- Cephalopods and Marine Biology
- Turtle Biology and Conservation
- International Maritime Law Issues
- Nitric Oxide and Endothelin Effects
- Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies
- Echinoderm biology and ecology
- Marine and environmental studies
- Hemiptera Insect Studies
- Orthoptera Research and Taxonomy
- Marine Biology and Environmental Chemistry
- Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors Study
- Coastal and Marine Management
- Environmental Toxicology and Ecotoxicology
- Marine and coastal plant biology
Hellenic Centre for Marine Research
2013-2024
University of Thessaly
2024
Tunis El Manar University
2023
Alexandru Ioan Cuza University
2023
The Collective Article “New Mediterranean Biodiversity Records” of the Marine Science journal offers means to publish biodiversity records in Sea. current article is divided per countries, listed according a west-east geographic position. New data are reported for 7 different although one species hereby from Malta overall new entire basin, and presumably present also Israel Lebanon (see below Malta). Italy: rare native fish Gobius kolombatovici first Ionian Sea, whilst alien jellyfish...
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and neonative species in Mediterranean Black Sea, a collective effort by 173 marine scientists was made to provide unpublished records make them open access scientific community.Through this effort, we collected harmonized dataset 12,649 records.It includes 247 taxa, which 217 are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
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PERSEUS project aims to identify the most relevant pressures exerted on ecosystems of Southern European Seas (SES), highlighting knowledge and data gaps that endanger achievement SES Good Environmental Status (GES) as mandated by Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD). A complementary approach has been adopted, a meta-analysis existing literature pressure/impact/knowledge summarized in tables related MSFD descriptors, discriminating open waters from coastal areas. comparative assessment...
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 fish include: slender sunfish Ranzania laevis scalloped ribbonfish Zu cristatus Calabria; Azores rockling Gaidropsarus granti Calabria Sicily; agujon needlefish Tylosurus acus imperialis Northern Aegean; amphibious behaviour Gouania willdenowi Southern Turkey. As...
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...
Fish catch composition in 21 gill net samplings performed between 2014 and 2015 at Rhodes Island (Aegean Sea, Greece) was analysed, with the aim to contribute filling scattered information on coastal fish assemblages a Mediterranean region heavily impacted by biological invasions. A total biomass of 183 kg collected comprising 1070 individuals, distributed along 43 native six Lessepsian migrant species. The alien Siganus luridus prevailed terms frequency occurrence, followed Sparisoma...
Given the dramatic increase of L. sceleratus population in southeastern Aegean Sea, there is growing interest assessing toxicity this pufferfish and factors controlling its tetrodotoxin (TTX) content. In present study, liver, gonads, muscle skin specimens from Rhodes island, Greece were subjected to multi-analyte profiling using liquid chromatography - tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS) order quantitate TTX evaluate whether biotoxin interrelates with hormones. analogues 4-epiTTX,...
Given the dramatic increase in L. sceleratus population southeastern Aegean Sea, there is growing interest assessing toxicity of this pufferfish and factors controlling its tetrodotoxin (TTX) content. In present study, liver, gonads, muscle skin 37 specimens collected during May June 2021 from island Rhodes, Greece, were subjected to multi-analyte profiling using liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS) order quantitate TTX evaluate whether biotoxin interrelates with...
Decapod crustaceans are ecologically and commercially important members of marine communities. Faunal surveys constitute essential tools for the understanding local diversity, especially in areas subjected to significant alterations community composition due climate changes, anthropogenic impacts, biological invasions. Following a literature review study new samples, we hereby update on Crustacea Decapoda from Rhodes Island area (Greece), situated key position eastern Mediterranean Sea....
Experimental fishing was conducted in three different locations along the coastal marine waters of eastern Rhodes Island, Levantine Sea, Hellas, from April 2021 to March 2022 on a monthly basis. Twelve samplings with gill nets and 12 trammel at each selected resulted total 72 samplings. The numbers indigenous non-indigenous species, as well their abundances, biomasses frequencies occurrence, were recorded. Overall, yielded 71 which 14 non-indigenous. abundance 1879 individuals, corresponding...
The Atlantic pearl oyster Pinctada radiata (Leach, 1814), the first documented Lessepsian bivalve species to enter Mediterranean basin, is present in various coastal areas Greece, and constitutes, almost exclusively, a domestic commercial resource. study aimed contribute limited information available on P. population structure dynamics Hellenic waters, especially following recent enforcement of legislation for regulation its fishery. A total 703 individuals were collected using scuba diving...
The devil firefish Pterois miles (Bennett 1828) is recognized as one of the 100 worst invasive alien species (IAS) in Mediterranean Sea with significant socioeconomic and ecological implications. A total 363 individuals were collected between April 2021 March 2022 from Levantine (the Eastern Mediterranean), aiming to assess current progression population. male female ratio (1:1.03) did not significantly depart 1:1, length–weight relationships exhibiting positive allometric growth. Five age...
The presence of the crab Actaeodes tomentosus, native to Indo-Pacific Ocean and Red Sea, is documented for first time in Mediterranean on basis two specimens collected from Rhodes Island (Aegean Sea), a marine area particularly vulnerable warm-water alien invasions. Along with recent report Xanthias lamarckii similar conditions region, finding another non-indigenous xanthid opens many questions regarding their occurrence area. Apart Lessepsian migration, other possible vectors introduction...
All three species of angelsharks that inhabit the Mediterranean Sea, Squatina aculeata Cuvier, 1829; oculata Bonaparte, 1840; and squatina (Linnaeus, 1758), are classified as Critically Endangered on IUCN Red List Threatened Species, since their populations have suffered severe decline range reduction, mainly due to fishing pressure. The presently reported study aims further update records S. in basin order achieve a clearer picture current status geographical distribution. In this way, we...
The findings of the crabs Arcania brevifrons and Macrophthalmus (Macrophthalmus) indicus, native to Indo-West Pacific Ocean Red Sea, Indian respectively, in 2021 are described from Rhodes Island, Greece.This first record leucosiid A. Hellenic waters Aegean Sea documents westward expansion its Mediterranean distribution.Two individuals introduced macrophthalmid M. (M.) indicus were found stomachs silver-cheeked toadfish (Lagocephalus sceleratus), a fish species that itself is invasive.For...
A total of 209 strandings sea turtles (152 loggerhead Caretta caretta , 42 green Chelonia mydas 15 unidentified) were recorded during the period 1984–2011 along coasts Rhodes (Aegean Sea, Greece). The proportion dead to live individuals was different in two species. Stranded larger than . size range stranded turtles, usually juveniles, appeared increase since 2000, including largest specimens ever observed Greek waters. For both species, a tendency strand more frequently on west coast...
A single specimen of Xanthias lamarckii was collected on March 2013 from the shallow waters Chtenia, a rocky islet near Rhodes Island, south-eastern Aegean Sea. The occurrence this Indo-West Pacific species is reported for first time in Mediterranean and documents ongoing process biological invasion basin. vector introduction X. unknown so far, waiting future information establishment spread its new environment.
The presence and the establishment of Idotea hectica is reported for first time in Hellenic seas on basis three adult specimens a juvenile collected from Posidonia oceanica meadows close to main town Rhodes Island, Aegean Sea. Common contrasting characters between this other species genera Pentidotea are briefly discussed. Furthermore, following westward expansion along eastern Mediterranean coasts, Matuta victor was discovered waters single specimen northeast Island.
The first record of the tropical green seaweed Halimeda incrassata (Bryopsidales, Chlorophyta) in Eastern Mediterranean Sea is presented, based on several thalli found stomach a silver-cheeked toadfish (Lagocephalus sceleratus), collected off Plimmiri beach, Rhodes, Greece. Species identification was morphological and molecular using tufA gene as marker. finding comes 10 years after report species Mallorca (Western Sea), where H. has spread rapidly. pathway its introduction basin unknown,...
The finding in 2017 of a female Lethocerus patruelis, species rarely collected the Aegean Islands, is documented from Rhodes (Greece), more than 160 years after its first record same island. general distribution giant water bug and occurrence area are briefly discussed.Keywords: Belostomatidae, bug, Sea, Rhodes, Greece
The occurrence of the alien Charybdis (Gonioinfradens) paucidentatus is reported from Santorini Island after repeated underwater surveys carried out in 2014-2015. findings constitute first record an Indo-Pacific brachyuran south-central Aegean Sea, showing successful expansion this portunid recently introduced into eastern Mediterranean Sea.