Alien species in the Mediterranean Sea - which, when, where, why?
Galil, B.S. (2008). Alien species in the Mediterranean Sea - which, when, where, why?, in: Davenport, J. et al. Challenges to Marine Ecosystems: Proceedings of the 41st European Marine Biology Symposium, held in Cork, Ireland, 4-8 September 2005. Developments in Hydrobiology, 202: pp. 105-116. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-8808-7_10 In: Davenport, J. et al. (2008). Challenges to marine ecosystems: Proceedings of the 41st European Marine Biology Symposium, held in Cork, Ireland, 4-8 September 2005. European Marine Biology Symposia, 41. Developments in Hydrobiology, 202. ISBN 978-1-4020-8807-0; e-ISBN 978-1-4020-8808-7. 211 pp. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-8808-7, more In: European Marine Biology Symposia., more |
| Keywords | Alien species
Biodiversity
Change > Climatic change > Global warming
Data processing > Data reduction
Databases
Distribution > Geographical distribution
Global warming
Global warming
Mariculture
Marine biology
Population dynamics
Taxa > Species > Introduced species
Metazoa
Africa [Marine Regions]; Egypt, Arab Rep., Suez Canal [Marine Regions]; MED, Adriatic Sea [Marine Regions]; MED, Eastern Mediterranean [Marine Regions]
Marine/Coastal | | Author keywords | bioinvasion; alien species; Mediterranean; dataset; stressors; globalwarming |
| Abstract | A critical evaluation of more than 2,200 publications, some dating back to the late 1800s, established the presence, and traced the spatio-temporal spread, of 558 alien metazoan species in the Mediterranean Sea. The majority of aliens in the eastern Mediterranean entered through the Suez Canal, whereas mariculture and shipping are powerful means of introduction in the northwestern Mediterranean and in the Adriatic Sea. Most aliens are thermophilic species. The possible causes for the epic scale of invasion in the Mediterranean Sea are discussed. |
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