{"refrec":{"BRefID":111919,"RR":"<b>Bariche, M.; Sadek, R.; Al-Zein, M.S.; El-Fadel, M.</b> (2007). Diversity of juvenile fish assemblages in the pelagic waters of Lebanon (eastern Mediterranean), <b><i>in</i></b>: Relini, G. <i>et al.</i> <i>Biodiversity in enclosed seas and artificial marine habitats: Proceedings of the 39th European Marine Biology Symposium, held in Genoa, Italy, 21-24 July 2004. Developments in Hydrobiology,</i> 193: pp. 109-115. <a href=\"https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-6156-1_9\" target=\"_blank\">https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-6156-1_9</a>","BEntID":329615,"PublicFlag":1,"CheckedFlag":0,"wosflag":0,"vabbflag":0,"RefStringPartII":", <b><i>in</i></b>: Relini, G. <i>et al.</i> <i>Biodiversity in enclosed seas and artificial marine habitats: Proceedings of the 39th European Marine Biology Symposium, held in Genoa, Italy, 21-24 July 2004. European Marine Biology Symposia,</i> 39: pp. 109-115. <a href=\"https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-6156-1_9\" target=\"_blank\">https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-6156-1_9</a>","DocTypID":17,"DocType":"Book chapters","MarineFlag":1,"FreshFlag":0,"BrackishFlag":0,"TerrestrialFlag":0,"Authorstring":"Bariche, M.; Sadek, R.; Al-Zein, M.S.; El-Fadel, M.","OrigTitleTranslFlag":0,"Authorstringtrunc":"Bariche, M. <i>et al.</i>","Englishabstract":"The opening of the Suez Canal resulted in the introduction of Indo-Pacific organisms (Lessepsian) to the eastern Mediterranean. Available information on the Levantine ichthyofauna concerns mainly necto-benthic species, while pelagic ones remain mostly uncharacterized. This paper presents a preliminary assessment of biodiversity and its temporal changes on the Lebanese coast (eastern Mediterranean) using species composition and abundance of pelagic communities as indicators. For this purpose, a total of 11,192 fishes, representing 32 species and 19 families were collected with purse seines. Lessepsian species represented 40.9% of the species number in the purse-seine catches but only 0.48% in abundance of individuals and 1.57% in biomass. The families most represented in terms of abundance were the Clupeidae (49.28%), the Engraulidae (41.69%) and the Scombridae (7.01%); in terms of biomass these families represented 56.76, 22.04 and 9.72%, respectively. Abundance and biomass exhibited clear temporal fluctuations with <i>Sardina pilchardus </i>and <i>Scomber japonicus </i>dominating the catches between May and June, and then replaced by <i>Sardinella aurita </i>in July and <i>Engraulis encrasicolus </i>in August. The highest values of species richness (12 species) and diversity indices (H' = 1.37; D = 0.71) were recorded in the last two weeks of June while the lowest values (5 species, H' = 0.26; D = 0.11) were recorded in early August. While Lessepsian fishes represented a minor part in terms of landings, they contributed considerably to the diversity of pelagic fish assemblages in Lebanese waters. 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