Phylogeographic Resolution of the Barnacle (Chelonibia testudinaria) from the North-Eastern Mediterranean Loggerhead Sea Turtles Epibiont Community

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 01-08
Author(s):  
Elif Beden ◽  
Arzu Karahan
Keyword(s):  
Age Estimation ◽  
Eastern Mediterranean ◽  
Coi Gene ◽  
Loggerhead Sea Turtles ◽  
Barnacle Species ◽  
The North ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
North Eastern ◽  
Mitochondrial Cytochrome Oxidase ◽  
Magdalena Bay

Barnacles are common epibionts on a wide range of marine organisms, including turtles. Chelonibia testudinaria is a successful epibiotic barnacle species, and mainly turtles are responsible for their wide range dispersal. In the present study, the mitochondrial Cytochrome Oxidase I (COI) gene haplotypes of C. testudinaria from Caretta caretta hosts were evaluated. The samples were collected from three dead C. caretta turtle carapaces in 2014 from the Middle East Technical University, Institute of Marine Sciences coastline. Results were also compared with those samples submitted to databases (NCBI and BOLD-system, 139 in total). By comparison, three clades were recorded like previous studies: the Atlantic-Mediterranean clade (Clade-α), the IndianPacific Ocean clade (Clade-β), and Magdalena Bay (Eastern Pacific- Clade-) clade; all samples collected from Turkish shores clustered in the Atlantic-Mediterranean group (Clade-α). The gene flow between the three clades was deficient and highly significant (0.02, 0.03, and 0.03, respectively). According to network age estimation, present study samples’ clade (Clade-α) diverged from the Clade-β approximately 200 kya (SDs=0.22, SDy=4402.90) and Clade- 130 kya (SDs=0.17, SDy=3494.55). In the present study, eight haplotypes were observed in total, two of which were specific to the region.

Westward Palaearctic range expansion of Papilio demoleus Linnaeus, 1758 (Lepidoptera: Papilionidae) and its arrival at Mediterranean coastal regions of Turkey and Syria

2020 ◽  
Vol 71 (4) ◽  
pp. 257-272
Author(s):  
Onat Başbay ◽  
Mudar Salimeh ◽  
Eddie John
Keyword(s):  
Eastern Mediterranean ◽  
Economic Importance ◽  
Invasive Pest ◽  
Pest Species ◽  
Coastal Regions ◽  
The North ◽  
North Eastern ◽  
The World ◽  
Invasive Pest Species ◽  
Papilio Demoleus

We review the continuing and extensive spread of Papilio demoleus in south-eastern Turkey and in regions of Turkey and Syria adjacent to the north-eastern Mediterranean. Since the authors documented the arrival of this attractive but potentially destructive papilionid species at coastal areas of Syria in 2019, regular monitoring has confirmed successful overwintering there, as well as in Turkey. As previously indicated, P. demoleus is widely recognized as an invasive pest species in Citrus-growing areas of the world and hence its arrival is of potential economic importance to a region in which citrus is widely grown.

Coastal inundation in the north-eastern mediterranean coastal zone due to storm surge events

2010 ◽  
Vol 15 (3) ◽  
pp. 353-368 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yannis N. Krestenitis ◽  
Yannis S. Androulidakis ◽  
Yannis N. Kontos ◽  
George Georgakopoulos
Keyword(s):  
Storm Surge ◽  
Coastal Zone ◽  
Eastern Mediterranean ◽  
Coastal Inundation ◽  
The North ◽  
North Eastern

scholarly journals Contribution to the Orophilous Cushion-Like Vegetation of Central-Southern and Insular Greece

Plants ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (12) ◽  
pp. 1678
Author(s):  
Carmelo Maria Musarella ◽  
Salvatore Brullo ◽  
Gianpietro Giusso del Galdo
Keyword(s):  
Vegetation Type ◽  
Eastern Mediterranean ◽  
High Mountains ◽  
New Class ◽  
The North ◽  
Aegean Islands ◽  
North Eastern ◽  
Taxonomic Research ◽  
Phytosociological Relevés

The results of a phytosociological investigation regarding the orophilous cushion-like vegetation occurring in the top of the high mountains of central-southern Greece and in some Ionian (Lefkas, Cephalonia) and Aegean Islands (Euboea, Samos, Lesvos, Chios and Thassos) are provided. Based on 680 phytosociological relevès (460 unpublished and 220 from literature), a new syntaxonomical arrangement is proposed with the description of a new class, including two new orders, eight new alliances, and several associations (many of them new). Compared to the previous hierarchical framework usually followed in the literature, this study provides a more realistic and clear phytosociological characterization of this peculiar and archaic vegetation type, which is exclusive to the high mountains of the north-eastern Mediterranean. The new arrangement is mainly based on the phytogeographical role of the orophytes featuring this very specialized vegetation, which is essentially represented by endemics or rare species belonging to the ancient Mediterranean Tertiary flora. In addition, taxonomic research on the orophilous flora occurring in these plant communities allowed to identify six species new to science (i.e., Astragalus corinthiacus, Allium cremnophilum, A. cylleneum, A. orosamium, A. karvounis, and A. lefkadensis) and a new subspecies (i.e., Allium hirtovaginatum subsp. samium), and two new combinations (i.e., Astragalus rumelicus subsp. euboicus and subsp. taygeticus) are proposed.

Development and parameterization of a general forest gap dynamics simulator for the North-eastern Mediterranean Basin (GREek FOrest Species)

2007 ◽  
Vol 204 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 439-456 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nikolaos M. Fyllas ◽  
Oliver L. Phillips ◽  
William E. Kunin ◽  
Yiannis G. Matsinos ◽  
Andreas I. Troumbis
Keyword(s):  
Mediterranean Basin ◽  
Eastern Mediterranean ◽  
Gap Dynamics ◽  
Forest Gap ◽  
Forest Species ◽  
The North ◽  
North Eastern ◽  
Eastern Mediterranean Basin

scholarly journals The first Report of The Parasitic Copepod Bomolochus unicirrus (Copepoda: Bomolochidae) From Turkey

2017 ◽  
Vol 5 (4) ◽  
pp. 335
Author(s):  
İbrahim Demirkale ◽  
Argun Akif Özak ◽  
Yetkin Sakarya
Keyword(s):  
Eastern Mediterranean ◽  
Parasitic Copepod ◽  
The Other ◽  
The North ◽  
The Family ◽  
North Eastern ◽  
Iskenderun Bay ◽  
Gill Filaments ◽  
First Time ◽  
Scanning Electron

In this study, Bomolochus unicirrus Brian, 1902, a species of parasitic copepod belonging to the family Bomolochidae (Claus, 1875), was reported for the first time from the north-eastern Mediterranean waters off the Turkish coast. Parasites were collected from the gill filaments of the European barracuda, Sphyraena sphyraena(L.)captured by trawling in Iskenderun Bay, Turkey. The morphological features of B. unicirrus were Redescribed and illustrated based on the newly collected material. Key diagnostic characters and newly observed details in some structures are highlighted and supported by using scanning electron microscopy (SEM). Differences and simply overlooked details in previous descriptions of B. unicirrus, are discussed in detail. In addition, morphological comparisons between presently reported species and the other species of the genus Bomolochus Nordmann, 1832 were also presented.

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