Erratum to: Alien species along the Italian coasts: an overview

Occhipinti‐Ambrogi, Anna; Marchini, Agnese; Cantone, Grazia; Castelli, Alberto; Chimenz, Carla; Cormaci, Mario; Froglia, Carlo; Furnari, Giovanni; Gambi, María Cristina; Giaccone, Giuseppe; Giangrande, Adriana; Gravili, Cinzia; Mastrototaro, Francesco; Mazziotti, Cristina; Orsi-Relini, Lidia; Piraino, Stefano

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“…The AS taxonomic analysis indicated invertebrates as the most represented group (about 62% of the total AS number). Such a result is in agreement with the current literature reviews for the Italian coasts, where this group includes about 80% of the known AS (Occhipinti‐Ambrogi et al , , ). In the marine environment, species extinctions caused by invertebrate AS are poorly documented (Gurevitch and Padilla, ; Pranovi et al, ; Briggs, ), while most of the literature refers to the effect on native community of non‐native algal spread (Piazzi and Cinelli, , ; Piazzi et al, , ; Baldacconi and Corriero, ; de Caralt and Cebrian, ).…”

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confidence: 92%

“…In the framework of this study, AS occurred in all habitats and almost all geographic areas, albeit with different distributions. Most of them were detected in benthic environments (54 species), and only nine in the pelagic domain, in accordance with Occhipinti‐Ambrogi et al (, ), reporting most of the AS within benthic habitats. This could be due to the different mechanisms of introduction, spreading and persistence of AS in these two different environments.…”

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confidence: 88%

“…To date, current literature on the Mediterranean does not allow any distinction between the pool of AS inhabiting natural marine environments and those exclusive to harbours, polluted sites and lagoon environments. In recent reviews, Occhipinti‐Ambrogi et al (, ) compute 164 AS (both marine and brackish) for the Italian coasts, corresponding to about 20% of the non‐native species reported in total for the Mediterranean Sea (GSA‐SIBM, ). Most of them, however, were recorded from lagoons, coastal lakes, harbours and marine areas heavily exploited by human activities (Occhipinti‐Ambrogi and Savini, ; Sfriso et al , ; Longo et al , ; Petrocelli et al , ; Cardone et al , ), which are hubs for biological invasions (Pérez‐Ruzafa et al , ; Petrocelli et al , ), whereas the records of AS from natural environments are less common in the literature.…”

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“…The Mediterranean Sea is one of the most important marine AS hotspots in the world (Occhipinti‐Ambrogi, ; Quignard and Tomasini, ) in terms both of the number of species (Costello et al , ) and rate of introduction (Zenetos, ). To date 986 AS have been described (Zenetos et al , , ) with an increasing trend due to shipping, aquaculture trade, and migration through the Suez Canal (Zenetos et al , ; Occhipinti‐Ambrogi et al , ; Katsanevakis et al , ). The Italian Peninsula is a biogeographical crossroads of the Mediterranean between the western and eastern basins, hosting 164 marine and brackish AS along its long coastline (Occhipinti‐Ambrogi et al , , ).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…To date 986 AS have been described (Zenetos et al , , ) with an increasing trend due to shipping, aquaculture trade, and migration through the Suez Canal (Zenetos et al , ; Occhipinti‐Ambrogi et al , ; Katsanevakis et al , ). The Italian Peninsula is a biogeographical crossroads of the Mediterranean between the western and eastern basins, hosting 164 marine and brackish AS along its long coastline (Occhipinti‐Ambrogi et al , , ). Among the most well‐known marine biological invaders in the Mediterranean are the filamentous red alga Womersleyella setacea and the green alga Caulerpa cylindracea, two harmful invasive species (Athanasiadis, ; Boudouresque and Verlaque, ; Verlaque et al , ; Streftaris and Zenetos, ) currently spreading along the Italian coasts as well (Piazzi et al , ).…”

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Ecosystem vulnerability to alien and invasive species: a case study on marine habitats along the Italian coast

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Spread of alien species (AS) is a serious threat to marine habitats and analysis of principal descriptors of their occurrence is pivotal to set reliable conservation strategies. In order to assess the susceptibility of marine habitats to biological invasions, a dataset was gathered of the occurrence of 3899 species from 29 phyla, taken from 93 marine sites located along the Italian coast in the period 2000-2012. In total, 61 AS belonging to 11 phyla have been recorded. Invertebrates were the most represented (63%). Alien species were found in all the habitats examined (EUNIS, level 2), although they showed highest abundance in benthic habitats. Most of the AS were associated with a single EUNIS habitat, while some of them were present in more than one habitat. Trans-habitat occurrence suggests the potential invasiveness of AS. According to statistical analysis, AS recorded could have been more numerous, since some of the marine habitats seemed to be still unsaturated. The model that best describes the spread of AS takes account of both native species richness (Rn) and EUNIS habitat type as explanatory variables. The number of observed AS was directly related to Rn and it was highest in rocky circalittoral and infralittoral habitats. The results of this macro-ecological study focus on the importance of performing large-scale studies, since adopting ecosystem approaches to marine invasion management seems especially fruitful. The results, moreover, highlight the importance of AS monitoring of different habitats, from those subjected to anthropogenic pressure, historically considered to be hubs of introduction of AS, to the most biologically rich and diverse marine habitats. Indeed, it is necessary to set monitoring strategies to detect the introduction, the distribution and persistence of AS over time. These recommendations are especially significant in the light of the strategic plans currently under formulation in Mediterranean countries with regard to AS monitorin

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First Report on the Distribution and Impact of Marine Alien Species in Coastal Benthic Assemblages Along the Catalan Coast

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An updated overview of the marine alien and cryptogenic species from the Egadi Islands Marine Protected Area (Italy)

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An updated overview of the marine alien and cryptogenic species recorded in the Egadi Islands Marine Protected Area (Tyrrhenian Sea, Italy), based on relevant publications, grey literature and unpublished data, is presented and discussed. Altogether, 17 species (14 aliens and 3 cryptogenic) belonging to five taxa are present in the area: Rhodophyta (Antithamnionella elegans, Asparagopsis armata, Asparagopsis taxiformis, Bonnemaisonia hamifera, Botryocladia madagascariensis, Ceramium strobiliforme, Laurencia caduciramulosa, Lophocladia lallemandii, Neosiphonia harveyi, Womersleyella setacea), Chlorophyta (Caulerpa cylindracea and Caulerpa taxifolia), Mollusca (Aplysia dactylomela), Arthropoda (Percnon gibbesi) and Cordata (Fistularia commersonii, Kyphosus vaigiensis and Stephanolepis diaspros). The overall Mediterranean presence of one further taxon recorded from the area, Zygochlamys patagonica (Mollusca), is here confuted since recent findings of living specimens with certain data are missing. One loose valve of BPinctada imbricata radiata (Mollusca)^ was found in 2010 at Favignana, but we did not include it in the list of alien species, pending further finding of living or dead specimens. Unpublished distributional data are reported for someof these species, and their known distribution in the Aegadian Archipelago is mapped. Records of P. gibbesi (a conspicuous number of specimens) constitute the first for the archipelago. All the species included in the present paper were recorded after the Egadi Islands Marine Protected Area was established, with the first record dating back to 2000. This is presumably due to the recent increase in research programs on marine reserves. Finally, we provide the establishment status of all the recorded species updated to 2015, and discuss why unaided spread (whether alien or native) and/or transport-stowaway constitute the more plausible vectors of introduction

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Erratum to: Alien species along the Italian coasts: an overview

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Ecosystem vulnerability to alien and invasive species: a case study on marine habitats along the Italian coast

Ecosystem vulnerability to alien and invasive species: a case study on marine habitats along the Italian coast

First Report on the Distribution and Impact of Marine Alien Species in Coastal Benthic Assemblages Along the Catalan Coast

An updated overview of the marine alien and cryptogenic species from the Egadi Islands Marine Protected Area (Italy)

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