A5021797231- Marine Ecology and Invasive Species
- Identification and Quantification in Food
- Fish Biology and Ecology Studies
- Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies
- Marine and fisheries research
- Parasite Biology and Host Interactions
- Marine Invertebrate Physiology and Ecology
- Marine Biology and Ecology Research
- Genetic diversity and population structure
- Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies
- Marine and environmental studies
- Isotope Analysis in Ecology
- International Maritime Law Issues
- Mollusks and Parasites Studies
- Marine Sponges and Natural Products
- Ichthyology and Marine Biology
- Cephalopods and Marine Biology
- Crustacean biology and ecology
- Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies
- Species Distribution and Climate Change
- Parasites and Host Interactions
- Fish Ecology and Management Studies
- Turtle Biology and Conservation
- Invertebrate Immune Response Mechanisms
- Aquaculture disease management and microbiota
American University of Beirut
2015-2024
International Union for Conservation of Nature (Bangladesh)
2022
World Health Organization Regional Office for South-East Asia
2022
Water Authority of Jordan
2022
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
2003-2004
Abstract Incomplete knowledge of biodiversity remains a stumbling block for conservation planning and even occurs within globally important Biodiversity Hotspots (BH). Although technical advances have boosted the power molecular assessments, link between DNA sequences species analytics to discriminate entities remain crucial. Here, we present an analysis first barcode library freshwater fish fauna Mediterranean BH (526 spp.), with virtually complete coverage (498 spp., 98% extant species)....
Climate change and biological invasions are rapidly reshuffling species distribution, restructuring the communities of many ecosystems worldwide. Tracking these transformations in marine environment is crucial, but our understanding climate effects invasive dynamics often hampered by practical challenge surveying large geographical areas. Here, we focus on Mediterranean Sea, a hot spot for to investigate recent spatiotemporal changes fish abundances distribution. To this end, accessed local...
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...
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...
This is an annotated checklist of the marine fish species Lebanon (Levant coast, eastern Mediterranean). It comprises a total 367 distributed in 159 families and 27 orders, out which 70 are non-indigenous 28 recorded for first time from Lebanon. The includes all names citations found literature, as well references to specimens available museum collections. also updated zoogeographic distribution conservation status each species. Threats were estimated based on surveys observations made over...
Global increase in sea temperatures has been suggested to facilitate the incoming and spread of tropical invaders. The increasing success these species may be related their higher physiological performance compared with indigenous ones. Here, we determined effect temperature on aerobic metabolic scope (MS) two herbivorous fish that occupy a similar ecological niche Mediterranean Sea: native salema ( Sarpa salpa ) invasive marbled spinefoot Siganus rivulatus ). Our results demonstrate large...
This contribution forms part of a series collective articles published regularly in Mediterranean Marine Science that report on new biodiversity records from the basin. The current article presents 51 geographically distinct for 21 taxa belonging to 6 Phyla, extending western Levantine. records, per country, are as follows: Spain: cryptogenic calcareous sponge Paraleucilla magna is reported location Alicante region. Algeria: rare Atlanto-Mediterranean bivalve Cardium indicum Annaba. Tunisia:...
Abstract The disproportionately low presence of marine species in the list invasive alien (IAS) Union concern European (EU) Regulation 1143/2014 does not fully acknowledge threat they pose to EU environment. In this study, first EU‐scale Horizon Scanning (HS) focusing on was performed, aiming deliver a ranked that should be high priority for risk assessment (Article 5 IAS Regulation). Species absent from or with limited distribution waters were targeted. total, 363 initially screened HS by...
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
This work presents refined, updated subregional and regional non-indigenous species (NIS) inventories for the Mediterranean Sea, validated by national taxonomic experts, with records observed until December 2020. These datasets will be used as baselines implementation of Integrated Monitoring Assessment Programme (IMAP) Quality Status Report 2023. In total, 1006 have been found in marine brackish waters. The highest numbers NIS were Israel, Türkiye, Lebanon Italy. Approximately 45...
Here we report the occurrence of Pterois miles in Mediterranean Sea, based on capture two specimens along coast Lebanon. Previously, only one record species from Sea had been documented. The new records highlight arrival propagules P. miles, more than decades later, hinting to a future potential invasion Sea.
Volunteers are increasingly involved in environmental research and their role monitoring biological invasions is rapidly expanding the Internet Era.On November 2012, a recreational diver reported sighting of an unidentified unfamiliar fish to interactive web project 'Seawatchers' (http://www.observadoresdelmar.es) that aims acquire geo-referenced observations exotic species Mediterranean Sea.The individual was spotted on August 2009 along coast Tarragona, Spain it later identified as...
Following aquarium releases, invasive lionfishes have colonized large areas of the Caribbean and western Atlantic, resulting in an immense ecological damage. The early stages that invasion are poorly known. Indeed, a lag time between introduction detection often preclude genetic characterization crucial phase. With elevated awareness, recent Pterois miles was quickly detected Mediterranean Sea. We hereby show very first individuals establishing populations Sea display haplotypes nest within...
Standardized tools are needed to identify and prioritize the most harmful non-native species (NNS). A plethora of assessment protocols have been developed evaluate current potential impacts species, but consistency among them has received limited attention. To estimate across impact protocols, 89 specialists in biological invasions used 11 screen 57 NNS (2614 assessments). We tested if scoring assessors, quantified as coefficient variation (CV), was dependent on characteristics protocol,...
The Mediterranean Large Elasmobranchs Monitoring (MEDLEM) database contains over 3000 records (more than 4000 individuals) of large elasmobranch species from 20 different countries around the and Black seas, observed 1666 to 2017. main included in archive are devil fish (1 813 individuals), basking shark (939 blue (585 great white (337 individuals).In last decades other such as shortfin mako (166 spiny butterfly ray (138) thresher (174 were reported with an increasing frequency. This was...
Major invasions of Indo-Pacific lionfish ( Pterois volitans and P. miles ) are underway in the Western Atlantic Ocean Mediterranean Sea. While establishment is perhaps most well-studied marine fish invasion to date, rapidly expanding more recent has received less attention. Here we review synthesize successes failures from two decades management give policy recommendations for their Mediterranean. Two failed approaches that were attempted multiple times advise against (1) feeding native...
Abstract Aim More than 90 marine fish species in the Mediterranean have been determined to be alien of Red Sea origin date and therefore it is important prioritize research into cataloguing their distribution impacts. The aims this study were establish a barcode library for fishes probable initiate analyses invasion dynamics. Location Sea. Methods Specimens exotic collected directly from off coast Lebanon or obtained markets Lebanon. Samples first identified morphologically later barcoded...
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,...
The silver-cheeked toadfish Lagocephalus sceleratus (Gmelin 1789), and to a lesser degree the orange spotted Torquigener hypselogeneion (Bleeker, 1852), pose threats human health from physical attacks poisonings in Eastern Mediterranean Sea. This study reviewed health-related impacts resulting these pufferfish, compiling assessing records online sources, peer-reviewed literature, medical records, personal interviews, observations across years 2004 2023. A total of 198 events impacting were...