The Status of Coastal Benthic Ecosystems in the Mediterranean Sea: Evidence From Ecological Indicators

A representative of the genus Hemiasterella Carter, 1879 was found for the first time in the Mediterranean Sea during sampling in the shallow waters of the northern Aegean Sea. The new species, H. aristoteliana, is compared with Atlantic Hemiasterella elongata Topsent, 1928. The status of the family Hemiasterellidae is discussed.

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Allopodocotyle tunisiensis sp. nov. (Digenea, Opecoelidae), a parasite of Solea aegyptiaca (Teleostei, Soleidae) off Tunisia

Acta Parasitologica ◽

10.2478/s11686-009-0054-y ◽

2009 ◽

Vol 54 (4) ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Hela Derbel ◽

Lassad Neifar

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Mediterranean Sea ◽

Seminal Vesicle ◽

Ventral Sucker ◽

Anterior Margin ◽

Gulf Of Gabes ◽

Gulf Of Gabès ◽

The Status ◽

The Mediterranean

AbstractAllopodocotyle tunisiensis sp. nov. is described from the intestine of Solea aegyptiaca Chabanaud collected from the Gulf of Gabès in the Mediterranean Sea off Tunisia. The new species belongs to the group C of Allopodocotyle Pritchard, 1966 species (sensu Bray 1987). It differs from its congeners in this group by the shape of the seminal vesicle and the anterior extend of the vitellarium which varies between just posterior to the ventral sucker and anterior margin. A key to the Allopodocotyle species of group C is presented. The status of the genera Allopodocotyle and Macvicaria (Gibson and Bray 1982) are briefly discussed.

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Effects of aquaculture waste feeds and antibiotics on marine benthic ecosystems in the Mediterranean Sea

The Science of The Total Environment ◽

10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.151190 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 151190

Author(s):

Belén González-Gaya ◽

Nuria García-Bueno ◽

Elena Buelow ◽

Arnaldo Marin ◽

Andreu Rico

Keyword(s):

Mediterranean Sea ◽

The Mediterranean ◽

Benthic Ecosystems ◽

Aquaculture Waste

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THE ANTARES DETECTOR

International Journal of Modern Physics A ◽

10.1142/s0217751x05030612 ◽

2005 ◽

Vol 20 (29) ◽

pp. 6965-6967

Author(s):

◽

ANNARITA MARGIOTTA

Keyword(s):

Mediterranean Sea ◽

Short Review ◽

Neutrino Telescope ◽

The Status ◽

The Mediterranean ◽

Under Construction

ANTARES is a neutrino telescope under construction in the Mediterranean Sea at the depth of 2500 m, about 40 km off the French coast. A short review of its design and expected performances is presented as well as the status of the project.

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The Occident and the Barbary Corsairs: Pre-colonial Maghrebi Encounters with the Occident

Occidentalism ◽

10.3366/edinburgh/9780748645800.003.0004 ◽

2019 ◽

pp. 71-92

Author(s):

Zahia Smail Salhi

Keyword(s):

Twentieth Century ◽

Mediterranean Sea ◽

Religious Conversion ◽

Historical Novel ◽

Pivotal Role ◽

Economic Gain ◽

The Status ◽

The Mediterranean ◽

Classical Arabic ◽

As If

This chapter argues that while French occupation of the Maghreb was motivated by economic gain, religion played a pivotal role in the Maghrebi encounter with the Occident. This is demonstrated by Chukri Khodja’s historical novel El-Euldj that addresses the theme of the Barbary corsairs, their control of the Mediterranean Sea, and their tyranny against Christian captives. As if written from the perspective of a European author, El-Euldj discusses the complexity as well as the impossibility of religious conversion and the intricacies of adopting French civilisation and culture. These two facts constitute the main themes addressed by the Francophone Maghrebi novels of the first half of the twentieth century, which mainly focussed on the early encounters with the Occident within the Maghreb itself. Voicing the concerns of the native elite, El-Euldj is almost a plea to the Occident to give up its policy of making conversion to Catholicism a condition for naturalisation demonstrating that it is perfectly possible to become French and remain Muslim, building thus the thesis of the ‘Français Musulman’, as the status of naturalised Maghrebis. Unlike the vernacular and classical Arabic poetry, which is unreservedly ‘Occidentophobic’, this novel presents an ambivalent position vis-à-vis the Occident.

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Validation and redescription of the hyperiidean amphipod Brachyscelus rapacoides Stephensen, 1925 (Crustacea: Amphipoda: Hyperiidea: Brachyscelidae), a new record of association with the scyphozoan jellyfish Rhopilema nomadica Galil, 1990 (Scyphozoa: Rhizostomeae: Rhizostomatidae) in the Mediterranean Sea

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.4471.3.5 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 4471 (3) ◽

pp. 523 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

WOLFGANG ZEIDLER ◽

JACOB DOUEK ◽

BARUCH RINKEVICH ◽

ROY GEVILI ◽

MENACHEM GOREN ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Mediterranean Sea ◽

Molecular Analysis ◽

Related Species ◽

New Record ◽

First Record ◽

Closely Related Species ◽

The Status ◽

The Mediterranean ◽

Scyphozoan Jellyfish

The hyperiidean amphipod Brachyscelus rapacoides Stephensen, 1925 is recorded from the scyphozoan jellyfish Rhopilema nomadica Galil, 1990, a new record of association for the genus Brachyscelus, as well as the first record of hyperiid infestation of a non-indigenous scyphozoan host. Because of some past confusion concerning the status of B. rapacoides and the closely related species B. rapax (Claus, 1871) a redescription of B. rapacoides and molecular analysis are provided in order to validate it as a species distinguished from B. rapax.

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Review of alien marine macrophytes in Tunisia

Mediterranean Marine Science ◽

10.12681/mms.1366 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 17 (1) ◽

pp. 109 ◽

Cited By ~ 10

Author(s):

Y. R. SGHAIER ◽

R. ZAKHAMA-SRAIEB ◽

S. MOUELHI ◽

M. VAZQUEZ ◽

C. VALLE ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Mediterranean Sea ◽

Codium Fragile ◽

Halophila Stipulacea ◽

Marine Macrophytes ◽

The Status ◽

The Mediterranean ◽

First Time ◽

Eleven Species ◽

Asparagopsis Armata

In the present study, the list of alien marine macrophytes introduced into Tunisia was updated in the light of available data and new observations. A total of 27 alien marine macrophytes have been recorded so far from Tunisia: 18 Rhodophyta, 3 Ochrophyta, 5 Chlorophyta and 1 Magnoliophyta. For each species, the locality (-ies), the year (or) period and the source of the first observation in Tunisia are given. The distribution and the status (casual, cryptogenic, established or questionable) of species in Tunisia were evaluated and, where appropriate, discussed. Among them, Hypnea cornuta is reported for the first time from Tunisia. Fourteen alien marine macrophytes are established, whereas seven cryptogenic and two casual species require further investigation. Eleven species are considered as invasive or potentially invasive in the Mediterranean Sea: Acrothamnion preissii, Asparagopsis armata, A. taxiformis Indo-Pacific lineage, Hypnea cornuta, Lophocladia lallemandii, Womersleyella setacea, Caulerpa chemnitzia, C. cylindracea, C. taxifolia, Codium fragile subsp. fragile and Halophila stipulacea. Finally, the case of four questionable species is also discussed.

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Status of the KM3NeT Mediterranean Sea neutrino telescope

EPJ Web of Conferences ◽

10.1051/epjconf/201920701004 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 207 ◽

pp. 01004

Author(s):

Paschal Coyle

Keyword(s):

Mediterranean Sea ◽

Neutrino Telescope ◽

The Status ◽

Physics Performance ◽

The Mediterranean

The status and physics performance of the KM3NeT neutrino telescope in the Mediterranean Sea neutrino are presented.

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NEMO: A PROJECT FOR A KM3 UNDERWATER DETECTOR FOR ASTROPHYSICAL NEUTRINOS IN THE MEDITERRANEAN SEA

International Journal of Modern Physics A ◽

10.1142/s0217751x07037123 ◽

2007 ◽

Vol 22 (21) ◽

pp. 3509-3520 ◽

Cited By ~ 10

Author(s):

I. AMORE ◽

S. AIELLO ◽

M. AMBRIOLA ◽

F. AMELI ◽

M. ANGHINOLFI ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Mediterranean Sea ◽

Feasibility Study ◽

Phase 1 ◽

Neutrino Telescope ◽

Phase 2 ◽

Astrophysical Neutrinos ◽

The Status ◽

The Mediterranean

The status of the project is described: the activity on long term characterization of water optical and oceanographic parameters at the Capo Passero site candidate for the Mediterranean km3 neutrino telescope; the feasibility study; the physics performances and underwater technology for the km3; the activity on NEMO Phase 1, a technological demonstrator that has been deployed at 2000 m depth 25 km offshore Catania; the realization of an underwater infrastructure at 3500 m depth at the candidate site (NEMO Phase 2).

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