scholarly journals Larvae of the blue crab Callinectes sapidus Rathbun, 1896 (Decapoda: Brachyura: Portunidae) in the Balearic Archipelago (NW Mediterranean Sea)

2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Lydia Png-Gonzalez ◽  
Vanesa Papiol ◽  
Rosa Balbín ◽  
Joan Enric Cartes ◽  
Aina Carbonell
Keyword(s):  
Life History ◽  
Mediterranean Sea ◽  
Blue Crab ◽  
Callinectes Sapidus ◽  
Maritime Transport ◽  
Surface Currents ◽  
Introduction Pathways ◽  
Nw Mediterranean ◽  
History Of ◽  
Nw Mediterranean Sea

AbstractThe invasive blue crab Callinectes sapidus has been frequently recorded during the last years along the NW Mediterranean Sea, leading to established populations. Two megalopae of C. sapidus were found during two different oceanographic surveys in open waters of the Balearic Archipelago, in July 2005 and October 2011, previous to the first reference of adult specimens documented in the Balearic sub-basin. The analyzed environmental conditions of the sampling periods allowed us to hypothesize the likely introduction pathways, namely by maritime transport and surface currents. Furthermore, the recorded megalopae seem to enlarge the life history of C. sapidus in regard to its native area, where spawning peaks occur in late July and early August.

The Role of Alternate Hosts in the Ecology and Life History of Hematodinium sp., a Parasitic Dinoflagellate of the Blue Crab (Callinectes sapidus)

2012 ◽  
Vol 98 (1) ◽  
pp. 73-84 ◽  
Author(s):  
Katrina M. Pagenkopp Lohan ◽  
Kimberly S. Reece ◽  
Terrence L. Miller ◽  
Kersten N. Wheeler ◽  
Hamish J. Small ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Life History ◽  
Blue Crab ◽  
Callinectes Sapidus ◽  
Alternate Hosts ◽  
History Of

Main drivers of spatial change in the biomass of commercial species between summer and winter in the NW Mediterranean Sea

2020 ◽  
pp. 105227
Author(s):  
Elena Lloret-Lloret ◽  
Maria Grazia Pennino ◽  
Daniel Vilas ◽  
José María Bellido ◽  
Joan Navarro ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mediterranean Sea ◽  
Spatial Change ◽  
Commercial Species ◽  
Nw Mediterranean ◽  
Nw Mediterranean Sea

Composition and provenance of terrigenous organic matter transported along submarine canyons in the Gulf of Lion (NW Mediterranean Sea)

2013 ◽  
Vol 118 ◽  
pp. 81-94 ◽  
Author(s):  
Catalina Pasqual ◽  
Miguel A. Goñi ◽  
Tommaso Tesi ◽  
Anna Sanchez-Vidal ◽  
Antoni Calafat ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Organic Matter ◽  
Mediterranean Sea ◽  
Submarine Canyons ◽  
Terrigenous Organic Matter ◽  
Gulf Of Lion ◽  
Nw Mediterranean ◽  
Nw Mediterranean Sea

7000 years of paleostorm activity in the NW Mediterranean Sea in response to Holocene climate events

2012 ◽  
Vol 77 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-11 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pierre Sabatier ◽  
Laurent Dezileau ◽  
Christophe Colin ◽  
Louis Briqueu ◽  
Frédéric Bouchette ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mediterranean Sea ◽  
North Atlantic ◽  
Clay Mineralogy ◽  
Mediterranean Coast ◽  
Ice Age ◽  
Storm Activity ◽  
The North ◽  
Nw Mediterranean ◽  
The North Atlantic ◽  
Nw Mediterranean Sea

A high-resolution record of paleostorm events along the French Mediterranean coast over the past 7000 years was established from a lagoonal sediment core in the Gulf of Lions. Integrating grain size, faunal analysis, clay mineralogy and geochemistry data with a chronology derived from radiocarbon dating, we recorded seven periods of increased storm activity at 6300–6100, 5650–5400, 4400–4050, 3650–3200, 2800–2600, 1950–1400 and 400–50 cal yr BP (in the Little Ice Age). In contrast, our results show that the Medieval Climate Anomaly (1150–650 cal yr BP) was characterised by low storm activity.The evidence for high storm activity in the NW Mediterranean Sea is in agreement with the changes in coastal hydrodynamics observed over the Eastern North Atlantic and seems to correspond to Holocene cooling in the North Atlantic. Periods of low SSTs there may have led to a stronger meridional temperature gradient and a southward migration of the westerlies. We hypothesise that the increase in storm activity during Holocene cold events over the North Atlantic and Mediterranean regions was probably due to an increase in the thermal gradient that led to an enhanced lower tropospheric baroclinicity over a large Central Atlantic-European domain.

Transformation of PBDE mixtures during sediment transport and resuspension in marine environments (Gulf of Lion, NW Mediterranean Sea)

2012 ◽  
Vol 168 ◽  
pp. 87-95 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joan A. Salvadó ◽  
Joan O. Grimalt ◽  
Jordi F. López ◽  
Xavier Durrieu de Madron ◽  
Serge Heussner ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Sediment Transport ◽  
Mediterranean Sea ◽  
Marine Environments ◽  
Gulf Of Lion ◽  
Nw Mediterranean ◽  
Nw Mediterranean Sea

Assessment of biological effects of environmental pollution along the NW Mediterranean Sea using red mullets as sentinel organisms

2008 ◽  
Vol 153 (1) ◽  
pp. 157-168 ◽  
Author(s):  
Izaskun Zorita ◽  
Maren Ortiz-Zarragoitia ◽  
Itxaso Apraiz ◽  
Ibon Cancio ◽  
Amaia Orbea ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Pollution ◽  
Mediterranean Sea ◽  
Biological Effects ◽  
Nw Mediterranean ◽  
Nw Mediterranean Sea ◽  
Sentinel Organisms
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