scholarly journals When Citizen Science highlights alien invasive species in France: the case of Indochina mantis, Hierodula patellifera (Insecta, Mantodea, Mantidae)

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nicolas Moulin
Keyword(s):  
Invasive Species ◽  
Citizen Science ◽  
Mediterranean Climate ◽  
Alien Invasive Species ◽  
Mediterranean Countries ◽  
The Mediterranean ◽  
First Time ◽  
Human Transport

Originally from Asia, Hierodula patellifera (Serville, 1839) occurs several Mediterranean countries, such as Italy. These arrivals could come from many factors: new pets or commercial human transport. The presence of Hierodula patellifera (Serville, 1839) is here reported for the first time in France. A well settled and probably widespread population of this species is here discussed as its adaptability to the Mediterranean climate. Some considerations on the potential impacts on the local ecosystems and its future spreading in Europe as an invasive species are given.

scholarly journals Colaphellus palaestinus Achard, a new leaf-beetle for Europe (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Chrysomelinae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 4565 (3) ◽  
pp. 447
Author(s):  
DAVID MIFSUD ◽  
MAURO DACCORDI
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Invasive Species ◽  
Related Species ◽  
Leaf Beetle ◽  
Global Distribution ◽  
Alien Invasive Species ◽  
Local News ◽  
Closely Related Species ◽  
First Time

Colaphellus palaestinus Achard, an alien invasive species is here reported for the first time for Europe. It was found for the first time in Malta in November 2017, and the year after thousands of individuals were observed in Malta with many photographs posted in social media and local news. Global distribution of this species and information on closely related species is also provided here. Colaphellus zarudnyi Medvedev is probably a synonym of C. palaestinus. 

scholarly journals Marine alien species as an aspect of global change

2010 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 199 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anna Occhipinti-Ambrogi ◽  
Bella Galil
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Invasive Species ◽  
Global Change ◽  
Alien Species ◽  
Native Species ◽  
Alien Invasive Species ◽  
Climate Projections ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
Daunting Task ◽  
The Mediterranean

The transport of organisms across oceans is an anthropogenic agent of global change that has profoundly affected the natural distribution of littoral biota and altered the makeup of biogeographic regions. The homogenization of marine biotas is a phenomenon especially affecting coastal regions and is spearheaded by a suite of opportunistic species at the expense of native species. Climate change may exacerbate the trend: sea surface temperatures, hydrodynamics, pH and carbonate cycles, already show marked fluctuations compared to the past. Alien invasive species are impacted by the change of marine climate in a variety of ways, which are we have just begun to notice, observe and interpret. A conceptual framework has yet to be conceived that links theories on biological introductions and invasions with the physical aspects of global change. Therefore predicting the scale of invasions or their impact on biodiversity is a daunting task. Integration of biological and environmental information systems, niche models, and climate projections would improve management of aquatic ecosystems under the dual threats of biotic invasions and climate change. The recorded spread of alien species and analysis of patterns of invasions may serve as the starting point for searching connections with climate change descriptors. The Mediterranean Sea is home to an exceptionally large number of alien species, resulting from its exceptional history and multiple vectors. For much of the twentieth century alien thermophilic species, which had entered the Mediterranean through the Suez Canal, have been confined to the Levantine Basin. In recent years climate driven hydrographic changes have coincided with a pronounced expansion of alien thermophilic biota to the central and western basins of the Mediterranean. We discuss some changes in emergent functions and services in Mediterranean ecosystems under the combined effect of invasive species and climate changes.

scholarly journals Where are they now? Tracking the Mediterranean Lionfish Invasion via Local Dive Centers

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elizabeth W Phillips ◽  
Alexander Kotrschal
Keyword(s):  
Invasive Species ◽  
Citizen Science ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Mediterranean Coast ◽  
Accurate Identification ◽  
Invasive Range ◽  
Pterois Miles ◽  
Invasion Models ◽  
Invasive Lionfish ◽  
The Mediterranean

AbstractInvasive species are globally on the rise due to human-induced environmental change and are often a source of harm to their new ecosystems. Tracking the spread of invaders is crucial to better management of invasive species, and citizen science is often used to collect sighting data. However, this can be unreliable due to the general public’s limited expertise for accurate identification and a lack of clear absence data. Here, we introduce a refined method of citizen science by tracking the spread of the invasive lionfish (Pterois miles) in the Mediterranean Sea using dive centers’ expertise on local marine wildlife. We contacted 1131 dive centers on the Mediterranean coast via email and received 216 responses reporting whether or not lionfish were present in their area and, if present, the year they were first sighted. Currently, lionfish sightings are observed in the eastern half of the Mediterranean, though the front is continuing to move west with the furthest sighting as far as Corfu, Greece (19.939423°E, 39.428017°N). In 2020, lionfish also expanded their invasive range north on the Turkish Aegean coast to Karaburun (26.520657°E, 38.637033°N), showing that the invasion is ongoing. We found that the invasive range is now exceeding previous invasion models, highlighting the need for additional research on lionfish biology to inform management efforts. Continuous monitoring of invasive fronts based on dive center reports and a better understanding of what makes lionfish so invasive is crucial to mitigating their negative impact on native ecosystems.

Occurrence of Paraleucilla magna (Porifera: Calcarea) in the Mediterranean Sea

2007 ◽  
Vol 87 (6) ◽  
pp. 1749-1755 ◽  
Author(s):  
Caterina Longo ◽  
Francesco Mastrototaro ◽  
Giuseppe Corriero
Keyword(s):  
Invasive Species ◽  
Mediterranean Sea ◽  
High Frequency ◽  
Alien Invasive Species ◽  
Brazilian Coast ◽  
Very High Frequency ◽  
Calcareous Sponge ◽  
Recent Introduction ◽  
The Mediterranean ◽  
Very High

The calcareous sponge Paraleucilla magna has been detected at different Mediterranean sites (Taranto, Porto Cesareo, Brindisi and Naples). Its record in well studied areas where several benthic surveys have previously been carried out suggests a recent introduction of the species into the Mediterranean Sea. Until now this sponge has only been recorded from the Brazilian coast. It shows different morphologies, varying from tubular to an irregular massive shape with several folds occurring on its surface. The colour is white-cream. The surface is smooth. The consistency is friable. The oscula are 10–20 mm in diameter and located at the top of tubular protrusions. The skeleton consists of cortical and subatrial triactines and tetractines, together with atrial triactines, differently distributed in the sponge body. Paraleucilla magna is abundant in eutrophic environments, where seasonally it may reach very high frequency values and large dimensions. It is resistant to pollution, but it is also able to live in clean waters. The inclusion of this species among Mediterranean alien invasive species is suggested.

scholarly journals Rainstorms able to induce flash floods in a Mediterranean-climate region (Calabria, southern Italy)

2014 ◽  
Vol 14 (9) ◽  
pp. 2423-2434 ◽  
Author(s):  
O. G. Terranova ◽  
S. L. Gariano
Keyword(s):  
Mediterranean Climate ◽  
Southern Italy ◽  
Flash Flood ◽  
Temporal Structure ◽  
Flash Floods ◽  
Rain Gauges ◽  
Mediterranean Countries ◽  
Preliminary Validation ◽  
The Mediterranean ◽  
Landslides And Debris Flows

Abstract. Heavy rainstorms often induce flash flooding, one of the natural disasters most responsible for damage to man-made infrastructures and loss of lives, also adversely affecting the opportunities for socio-economic development of Mediterranean countries. The frequently dramatic damage of flash floods are often detected, with sufficient accuracy, by post-event surveys, but rainfall causing them are still only roughly characterized. With the aim of improving the understanding of the temporal structure and spatial distribution of heavy rainstorms in the Mediterranean context, a statistical analysis was carried out in Calabria (southern Italy) concerning rainstorms that mainly induced flash floods, but also shallow landslides and debris flows. Thus, a method is proposed – based on the overcoming of heuristically predetermined threshold values of cumulated rainfall, maximum intensity, and kinetic energy of the rainfall event – to select and characterize the rainstorms able to induce flash floods in the Mediterranean-climate countries. Therefore, the obtained (heavy) rainstorms were automatically classified and studied according to their structure in time, localization, and extension. Rainfall-runoff watershed models can consequently benefit from the enhanced identification of design storms, with a realistic time structure integrated with the results of the spatial analysis. A survey of flash flood events recorded in the last decades provides a preliminary validation of the method proposed to identify the heavy rainstorms and synthetically describe their characteristics. The notable size of the employed sample, including data with a very detailed resolution in time that relate to several rain gauges well-distributed throughout the region, gives robustness to the obtained results.

scholarly journals First record of the twobar sea bream Acanthopagrus bifasciatus (Teleostei: Sparidae) in the Mediterranean Sea

2014 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 437 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. BEN-SOUISSI ◽  
W. BOUGHEDIR ◽  
M. RIFI ◽  
C. CAPAPE ◽  
E. AZZURRO
Keyword(s):  
Mediterranean Sea ◽  
First Record ◽  
Suez Canal ◽  
Sea Bream ◽  
The Mediterranean ◽  
First Time ◽  
Human Transport

In September 2010, one specimen of the twobar seabream Acanthopagrus bifasciatus was recorded for the first time in the Mediterranean Sea, off the Islands of Zembra (Gulf of Tunisi: 37°07’03’’N; 10°48’35’’E). This species could have entered the Mediterranean via the Suez Canal or alternatively by unintentional human transport.

scholarly journals Rainstorms able to induce flash floods in a Mediterranean-climate region (Calabria, southern Italy)

2014 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
pp. 2049-2078 ◽  
Author(s):  
O. G. Terranova ◽  
S. L. Gariano
Keyword(s):  
Mediterranean Climate ◽  
Southern Italy ◽  
Flash Flood ◽  
Temporal Structure ◽  
Flash Floods ◽  
Rain Gauges ◽  
Mediterranean Countries ◽  
Preliminary Validation ◽  
The Mediterranean ◽  
Landslides And Debris Flows

Abstract. Heavy rainstorms often induce flash flooding, one of the natural disasters most responsible for damage to man-made infrastructure and loss of lives, adversely affecting also the opportunities for socio-economic development of Mediterranean Countries. The frequently dramatic damage of flash floods are often detected with sufficient accuracy by post-event surveys, but rainfall causing them are still only roughly characterized. With the aim of improving the understanding of the temporal structure and spatial distribution of heavy rainstorms in the Mediterranean context, a statistical analysis was carried out in Calabria (southern Italy) concerning rainstorms that mainly induced flash floods, but also shallow landslides and debris-flows. Thus a method is proposed – based on the overcoming of heuristically predetermined threshold values of cumulated rainfall, maximum intensity, and kinetic energy of the rainfall event – to select and characterize the rainstorms able to induce flash floods in the Mediterranean-climate Countries. Therefore the obtained (heavy) rainstorms were automatically classified and studied according to their structure in time, localization and extension. Rainfall-runoff watershed models can consequently benefit from the enhanced identification of design storms, with a realistic time structure integrated with the results of the spatial analysis. A survey of flash flood events recorded in the last decades provides a preliminary validation of the method proposed to identify the heavy rainstorms and synthetically describe their characteristics. The notable size of the employed sample, including data with a very detailed resolution in time, that relate to several rain gauges well-distributed throughout the region, give robustness to the obtained results.

THE NEARCTIC BUG ZELUS RENARDII (KOLENATI) (HEMIPTERA REDUVIIDAE) IN NORTHERN ITALY AND SICILY

Redia ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 103 ◽  
pp. 87-88
Author(s):  
SALVATORE BELLA
Keyword(s):  
Invasive Species ◽  
Human Activities ◽  
Mediterranean Basin ◽  
Northern Italy ◽  
Rapid Expansion ◽  
Indigenous Species ◽  
The World ◽  
The Mediterranean ◽  
First Time ◽  
The Mediterranean Basin

The presence of Zelus renardii (Kolenati, 1856) (Hemiptera, Reduviidae, Harpactorinae), is documented for the first time in northern Italy (Liguria region) and in Sicily. This invasive species of nearctic origin was recorded for the first time in Europe in 2010 and in Italy in 2013. It is in rapid expansion in different areas of the world, especially in the Mediterranean basin and since it is extremely polyphagous its presence could represent a new threat for indigenous species and human activities.

scholarly journals New Mediterranean Biodiversity Records (July 2018)

2018 ◽  
Vol 19 (2) ◽  
pp. 398 ◽  
Author(s):  
NIKI CHARTOSIA ◽  
DIMITRIS ANASTASIADIS ◽  
HOCEIN BAZAIRI ◽  
FABIO CROCETTA ◽  
ALAN DEIDUN ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
First Record ◽  
Parasitic Copepod ◽  
The Black Sea ◽  
Mnemiopsis Leidyi ◽  
Ionian Sea ◽  
Mediterranean Countries ◽  
The Mediterranean ◽  
Short Time ◽  
First Time ◽  
Mediterranean Biodiversity

In the present article, new records are given for 15 species (4 native and 9 alien and 2 cryptogenic), belonging to 6 Phyla (i.e. Chlorophyta, Ctenophora, Cnidaria, Mollusca, Arthropoda, and Chordata), from 10 Mediterranean countries: Morocco: the finding of the crab Callinectes sapidus represents the westernmost one of the species in the Mediterranean; Italy: first records of the nudibranch Polycera hedgpethi from the harbour of La Spezia, and first finding of the invasive ctenophore Mnemiopsis leidyi in the Fiora River; Tunisia: Caulerpa taxifolia var. distichophylla is recorded for the first time, showing an even wider distribution in the Mediterranean; Greece: the finding of the jellyfish Pelagia benovici represents the first record of the species in the Ionian Sea, while the finding of the smallscale codlet Bregmaceros nectabanus in the Ionian Sea is another interesting first report for the area; Malta: the cryptogenic scleractinian coral Oculina patagonica was recorded; Slovenia: the parasitic copepod Demoleus heptapus was recorded from a sixgill bluntnose shark, Hexanchus griseus; Croatia: the Lessepsian cephalaspidean mollusc Haminoea cyanomarginata is recorded for the first time from the area; Bulgaria: the Asian date mussel Arcuatula senhousia was recorded from the Black Sea; Cyprus: the Lessepsian gastropod Viriola sp. [cf. corrugata) was recorded for the first time from the area, while two decapod species were recorded also for the first time from Cyprus, i.e. the caridean shrimp Pasiphaea sivado and the anomuran Munida curvimana; Turkey: the acari Lohmannella falcata is recorded for the first time from Antalya and the Lessepsian fish Priacanthus sagittarius in the Levantine coasts of Turkey (off Hatay/Arsuz) showing that this species has extended its range in a very short time. 

scholarly journals First report of the invasive macroalga Acrothamnion preissii (Rhodophyta, Ceramiales) in the Atlantic Ocean

2018 ◽  
Vol 61 (1) ◽  
pp. 85-90
Author(s):  
Manuela I. Parente ◽  
Daniela Gabriel ◽  
Joana Micael ◽  
Andrea Z. Botelho ◽  
Enric Ballesteros ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Invasive Species ◽  
Atlantic Ocean ◽  
Mediterranean Sea ◽  
First Record ◽  
Indigenous Species ◽  
Hull Fouling ◽  
The Mediterranean ◽  
Non Indigenous Species ◽  
First Time ◽  
Santa Maria

AbstractAcrothamnion preissiiis an invasive species in the Mediterranean Sea, and is listed among the 100 worst non-indigenous species. In July and August 2009, this non-native red macroalga was found for the first time in the Azores (on Santa Maria), and this represents the first record of this species in the Atlantic. Here, we describe the establishment of this invasive species in the Atlantic. In recent surveys,A. preissiidisplayed an invasive behaviour. As suggested for the Mediterranean Sea, hull fouling is the most likely vector for its introduction into the Azores.

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