New records of the non-native amphipod Ampithoe valida in Europe

2015 ◽  
Vol 8 ◽  
Author(s):  
M.A. Faasse
Keyword(s):  
North America ◽  
Mediterranean Sea ◽  
New Records ◽  
Atlantic Coast ◽  
Northern Europe ◽  
The World ◽  
Ampithoe Valida ◽  
The Mediterranean

The amphipod,Ampithoe valida, presumably native to the Atlantic coast of North America, has been recorded from several other parts of the world. Hitherto, the only published records from Europe originate from Portugal. Evidence is presented that this species has been introduced to northern Europe and the Mediterranean Sea as well.

scholarly journals New records of the critically endangered Squatina squatina(Linnaeus, 1758) from Corsica, France

2019 ◽  
Vol 60 (2) ◽  
pp. 205-210 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matthieu Lapinski ◽  
Ioannis Giovos
Keyword(s):  
Mediterranean Sea ◽  
New Records ◽  
Action Plan ◽  
Local Extinction ◽  
Critically Endangered ◽  
Nursery Ground ◽  
The World ◽  
The Mediterranean ◽  
Over Exploitation ◽  
Extinction Events

Angel Sharks are among the most threatened families of fish in the world. In the Mediterranean three species are present facing a severe depletion with several local extinction events as a result of over exploitation by fisheries. Hereby, we present 7 additional records of Squatina squatina from Corsica contributing to the new regional action plan for Angel Sharks in the Mediterranean Sea. Most records include juvenile specimens, indicating that the area might be a nursery ground for the species.

scholarly journals The Presence of the invasive Lionfish Pterois miles in the Mediterranean Sea

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. BARICHE ◽  
M. TORRES ◽  
E. AZZURRO
Keyword(s):  
Mediterranean Sea ◽  
New Records ◽  
Pterois Miles ◽  
Invasive Lionfish ◽  
Future Potential ◽  
The Mediterranean

Here we report the occurrence of Pterois miles in the Mediterranean Sea, based on the capture of two specimens along the coast of Lebanon. Previously, only one record of the species from the Mediterranean Sea had been documented. The new records highlight the arrival of new propagules of P. miles, more than two decades later, hinting to a future potential invasion of the Mediterranean Sea.

The ‘Aura’ of Home

2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 109-126 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dima Issa
Keyword(s):  
Mediterranean Sea ◽  
Identity Construction ◽  
Focal Point ◽  
Theoretical Framework ◽  
The World ◽  
The Mediterranean ◽  
And Migration

Abstract In Arabic restaurants, sitting rooms and cars around the world, her voice filters through the airwaves, transporting listeners to narrow alleyways, cobblestones and the Mediterranean Sea, to a time of innocence and peace, determination and war, stability and acceptance. Her songs, melancholy memory and patriotic love shape Arab heritage and offer a focal point for identity construction. For many Arabs in the diaspora, Fairouz’s music is a tool of expression, a proxy for nostalgia and a call for resistance. Through a theoretical framework that combines affect, the mnemonic imagination and migration, I highlight the preliminary findings of my PhD research. This research involves a series of interviews with members of the Arab diaspora living in Doha, Qatar. I examine the role Fairouz’s music played in the lives of these interview subjects.

scholarly journals Vulnerable Forests of the Pink Sea Fan Eunicella verrucosa in the Mediterranean Sea

Diversity ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (5) ◽  
pp. 176 ◽  
Author(s):  
Giovanni Chimienti
Keyword(s):  
Mediterranean Sea ◽  
Citizen Science ◽  
New Records ◽  
Management Strategies ◽  
Science Data ◽  
Ligurian Sea ◽  
New Finding ◽  
Commercial Value ◽  
The Mediterranean ◽  
Sea Fan

The pink sea fan Eunicella verrucosa (Cnidaria, Anthozoa, Alcyonacea) can form coral forests at mesophotic depths in the Mediterranean Sea. Despite the recognized importance of these habitats, they have been scantly studied and their distribution is mostly unknown. This study reports the new finding of E. verrucosa forests in the Mediterranean Sea, and the updated distribution of this species that has been considered rare in the basin. In particular, one site off Sanremo (Ligurian Sea) was characterized by a monospecific population of E. verrucosa with 2.3 ± 0.2 colonies m−2. By combining new records, literature, and citizen science data, the species is believed to be widespread in the basin with few or isolated colonies, and 19 E. verrucosa forests were identified. The overall associated community showed how these coral forests are essential for species of conservation interest, as well as for species of high commercial value. For this reason, proper protection and management strategies are necessary.

scholarly journals New records of Calappa tuerkayana Pastore, 1995 (Brachyura, Calappidae) from the central Mediterranean

2018 ◽  
Vol 59 (2) ◽  
pp. 213-218
Author(s):  
Carlo Pipitone ◽  
Gianni Insacco ◽  
Daniela Massi ◽  
Bruno Zava
Keyword(s):  
Mediterranean Sea ◽  
Adult Male ◽  
New Records ◽  
Geographic Range ◽  
Central Mediterranean ◽  
Juvenile Individual ◽  
The Mediterranean

Two specimens of the uncommon calappid crab Calappa tuerkayana Pastore, 1995 are reported from the central Mediterranean. One juvenile individual was caught in a trawl net at about 105 m depth on a detritus bottom, and one adult male was caught in a trammel net at 50 m depth in a similar habitat. Details about carapace ornamentation and fresh color of the adult, which complement previous descriptions are provided. Family Calappidae includes four species in the Mediterranean Sea. C. tuerkayana has been recorded a few times from its known geographic range. These are the southernmost records to date.

Illustrated Key to Ampelisca Species from the North-Eastern Atlantic

1988 ◽  
Vol 68 (4) ◽  
pp. 659-676 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jean-Claude Dauvin ◽  
Denise Bellan-Santini
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Continental Shelf ◽  
Mediterranean Sea ◽  
Intertidal Zone ◽  
Atlantic Coast ◽  
The North ◽  
North Eastern ◽  
The Mediterranean

The genus Ampelisca comprises more than 150 species and is one of the more important benthic genus of marine amphipods. New species are regularly added (Barnard & Agard 1986; Bellan-Santini & Marques, 1986; Goeke, 1987). Ampelisca are found from the intertidal zone to abyssal depths but most of them live on the continental shelf. In spite of many studies, it is often difficult to distinguish some species which are morphologically similar. In the last ten years, twenty-two species have been described from the north-eastern Atlantic (BellanSantini & Kaïm-Malka, 1977; Bellan-Santini & Dauvin, 1981, 1986; Dauvin & Bellan-Santini, 1982, 1985; Bellan-Santini & Marques, 1986). Materials come from MNHN of Paris collection, collected by Chevreux (1894–1924) (Dauvin & Bellan-Santini, 1985, 1986) and specimens collected during the last 25 years. All these new species are described from the Atlantic coast from northern Brittany to the Sahara and from the Mediterranean Sea.

Morphological study of Pagrus pagrus, Pagellus bogaraveo, and Dentex dentex (Sparidae) in the eastern Atlantic and the Mediterranean Sea

2004 ◽  
Vol 84 (2) ◽  
pp. 449-454 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Palma ◽  
J.P. Andrade
Keyword(s):  
Discriminant Analysis ◽  
Mediterranean Sea ◽  
Atlantic Coast ◽  
Stepwise Discriminant Analysis ◽  
Classification Rate ◽  
Morphometric Characters ◽  
Dentex Dentex ◽  
The Mediterranean ◽  
Pagellus Bogaraveo ◽  
Pagrus Pagrus

Morphometric measurements were collected on red porgy, Pagrus pagrus, red seabream, Pagellus bogaraveo, and common dentex, Dentex dentex samples, from four countries along the south European Atlantic coast and the Mediterranean Sea (Portugal, Spain, Italy and Greece). Multivariate statistical analysis was used to discriminate populations. Stepwise discriminant analysis yielded a reduced variable set that identified significant differences among all four countries. The overall per cent-correct classification rate for the four samples from the stepwise discriminant analysis, based on 18 adjusted morphometric characters for Pagrus pagrus samples, and 14 (for both Pagellus bogaraveo and D. dentex) samples were 99·6%, 100% and 97·9%. There was a significant degree of morphological dissimilarity between countries (samples), for each species. A clear difference was displayed between the Atlantic and the Mediterranean samples, and a geographical gradient was found for the common dentex.

scholarly journals Migration, Borders, and Society

2021 ◽  
pp. 87-104
Author(s):  
Yrsa Landström ◽  
Magnus Ekengren
Keyword(s):  
Mediterranean Sea ◽  
International Peace ◽  
The South ◽  
Global Migration ◽  
Societal Values ◽  
The World ◽  
The Mediterranean ◽  
And Migration ◽  
The Many ◽  
National Governments

AbstractIn recent years, we have learned that forced global migration pose a serious threat to international peace and societal values. Despite the many warnings and refugee crises across the world, most national governments have insufficiently addressed this threat. In this chapter, we try to explain this lack of action. The chapter explores possible explanations such as the denial mindset of “it probably won’t happen here (and if it does, it won’t affect my family and community)”. The chapter focuses on the border management crisis in Sweden in 2015. The Swedish government did not address the situation as a crisis until the refugees, who had been on the Mediterranean Sea and traversing north over the continent for months, ended up in Malmö in the south of Sweden in September 2015. This predictable set of events caused chaos for the unprepared Swedish police and the border and migration authorities who had to handle the situation under conditions of urgency and apparent uncertainty.

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