Fluctuations of Pelagic Species of the Open Black Sea During 1980–1995 and Possible Teleconnections

Author(s):  
U. Niermann ◽  
A. E. Kideys ◽  
A. V. Kovalev ◽  
V. Melnikov ◽  
V. Belokopytov
Keyword(s):  
Geo&Bio ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 (20) ◽  
pp. 79-101
Author(s):  
Leonid Manilo ◽  

The paper is devoted to alien fish species that have appeared in coastal waters of the Black Sea near Crimea for the past 50 years. The fish fauna of the Black Sea mainly comprises species that represent the Ponto-Caspian and Atlantic-Mediterranean faunal complexes. According to the generalised literature data, 158 fish species of 107 genera of 60 families have been recorded in the Black Sea since the publication of K. F. Kessler’s work (Kessler 1877), all of them representing the Atlantic-Mediterranean complex. In waters of Crimea, 116 species of 86 genera of 51 families have been recorded for the same period. A full checklist of fishes of this complex is presented indicating 31 alien species that have appeared since the 1970s and which belong to 27 genera and 16 families. In waters of Crimea, alien fishes make up 26.5 % of all species, 31.0 % of all genera, and 31.4 % of all families of the Atlantic-Medirranean complex. According to the level of their occurrence in marine waters of Crimea, all recently introduced species are grouped into three categories: regular, sporadic, and casual. Their brief characterisics are given, including synonymy, representation in the fish collection of the NMNH NASU, brief description, distribution, and vector of introduction. It was found that benthic species predominate among introduced fishes that occur regularly in waters of Crimea (12 species, or 80.0 %), while bentho-pelagic and pelagic species are less represented (6.7 % and 13.3 %, respectively). Pelagic and bentho-pelagic species prevail (50.0 % and 37.5 %, respectively) among fishes that occur sporadically. Bentho-pelagic species predominate (57.1 %) among fishes that occur casually. It was discovered that among the 31 alien fishes recorded in the Black Sea waters of Crimea for the past 50 years predominate those that have appeared here due to the natural process of mediterranisation (22 species, 71.0 %). It was imposibble to determine the vector of introduction of 4 species (12.9 %). The appearance of 5 species, which represent 16.1 % of all alien species, is related to anthropogenic factors. It can be also concluded that benthic species predominate among the alien fishes (14 species, or 45.2 %), while bentho-pelagic (9 species) and pelagic (8 species) fishes make up 29.0 % and 25.8 %, respectively. Of the 31 introduced fishes, 10 (32.2 %) have naturalised and acclimatised in marine waters of Crimea and have founded independent breeding populations. Among them, representatives of the family Gobiidae notably prevail, followed by the taxonomically close family Oxudercidae, whereas one species belongs to the family Blenniidae. The so-iuy mullet, which is the only representative of the pelagic ecological group, was introduced intentionally.


2020 ◽  
Vol 33 ◽  
pp. 23
Author(s):  
Danilo Malara ◽  
Pietro Battaglia ◽  
Pierpaolo Consoli ◽  
Erika Arcadi ◽  
Simonepietro Canese ◽  
...  

The Strait of Messina is located at the centre of the Mediterranean Sea and is considered a biodiversity hotspot and an obligatory seasonal passage for different pelagic species such as sharks, marine mammals, and billfishes. For the first time, in the Strait of Messina, our research group tagged a Mediterranean spearfish (Tetrapturus belone) using a pop-up satellite archival tag (PSAT). The observation of abiotic parameters (depth, light, and temperature) recorded by the PSAT confirmed that the tagged specimen was predated after about nine hours. The tag was then regurgitated 14 days after the tag deployment date. The analysis of collected data seems to indicate that the predator may be an ectothermic shark, most likely the bluntnose sixgill shark (Hexanchus griseus).


1979 ◽  
Vol 40 (C2) ◽  
pp. C2-445-C2-448
Author(s):  
D. Barb ◽  
L. Diamandescu ◽  
M. Morariu ◽  
I. I. Georgescu

Author(s):  
Eleonora P. Radionova

The associations and ecological conditions of the existence of modern diatoms of the North-West (Pridneprovsky), Prikerchensky and Eastern regions of the subtidal zone of the Black Sea are considered. Based on the unity of the composition of the Present and Sarmatian-Meotian diatom flora, an attempt has been made to model some of the ecological c situation of the Late Miocene Euxinian basin.


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