Illegal immigration in the eastern Aegean Sea: a new source of marine litter

Katsanevakis, Stelios

doi:10.12681/mms.1463

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“…The common occurrence of the barnacles Lepas anserifera and Amphibalanus amphitrite confirms that both species have a welldeveloped ability to attach to artificial materials of different compositions (Katsanevakis and Crocetta, 2014;Shabani et al, 2019;Al Khayat et al, 2021). We also present the first records on stranded litter for the species P. cingulata, U. vestiarium, the foraminiferan Ammonia beccarii and the oyster Magallana bilineata (Table 1).…”

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Increasing Risk of Invasions by Organisms on Marine Debris in the Southeast Coast of India

Gunasekaran¹,

Mghili

Martino

et al. 2023

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Increasing Risk of Invasions by Organisms on Marine Debris in the Southeast Coast of India

Gunasekaran¹,

Mghili

Martino

et al. 2023

Preprint

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“…4). Musellim Strait is one of the most preferred regions of irregular immigrants who want to migrate through Turkey due to its geographical features such as being sheltered against effective northerly winds in the North Aegean and being close to Lesbos Island (Katsanevakis, 2015). During the study, it was aimed to collect data from the region from Sazlı to Babakale and from the nearby Lesbos coast.…”

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Environmental and Socioeconomic Impacts of Irregular Migration in Coastal Areas: A Case Study of Musellim Strait

Seydi¹,

Demir²,

Salar³

et al. 2021

International Journal of Environment and Geoinformatics

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Migration is an act of geographical displacement of human communities due to religious, economic, political, social and other reasons. Migration through illegal means and without a specific systematic is called irregular migration. As Turkey is seen as a destination country by immigrants, it has also been used as a transit country providing transit to developed European countries in recent years. In this study, the socio-economic impacts of irregular migrants leaving our country illegally by sea and the loss they cause to our seas and coasts are examined based on the example of Musellim Strait in the North Aegean, furthermore, the damage they cause to the settlements which have a coast to the Musellim Strait, the sea and coastal nature in the region is investigated in terms of social and ecologically aspects.

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“…For example, P. marina has been established in the Mediterranean and the East Atlantic coast for hundreds of years [43]. However, this caprellid species has a cosmopolitan distribution [44] and has been reported from fouling communities including floating plastic debris, aquaculture facilities and numerous harbors around the globe [45][46][47][48], being clearly associated with human activities (e.g., anthropogenic transport). Focusing on the collectors, P. marina was the dominant species, showing a high ability to colonize new artificial substrates.…”

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Colonization Dynamics of Potential Stowaways Inhabiting Marinas: Lessons from Caprellid Crustaceans

Revanales

Guerra-Garcı́a

Ros

2022

Water

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Despite the fact that stowaway transport is an increasingly common invasion pathway, its key ecological aspects, such as colonization dynamics of potential invaders on human transport vectors, are poorly understood. Considering that marinas may function as stepping-stone habitats for the spread of marine invaders, they provide a unique opportunity for understanding the first steps in the stowaway pathway. One of the dominant groups inhabiting marinas are caprellid crustaceans. These small invertebrates have demonstrated a high potential for introduction and establishment far beyond their distribution range. Here, we analyzed the colonization dynamics of caprellid species inhabiting marinas of Cádiz Bay (Spain) on plastic collectors and discussed their implications on invasion success. We found that collectors largely mirrored the resident caprellid community assemblages after just one month of deployment, showing that caprellid species inhabiting marina structures have a high capacity to colonize new artificial substrates. Moreover, the two non-indigenous species found, Caprella scaura and Paracaprella pusilla, successfully established dense and well-structured populations in the collectors (including all sex/age groups considered). We suggest a potential interplay between colonization ability and stowaway organisms’ invasion success. Furthermore, collectors used are supported as a useful tool in the early detection of non-indigenous species and their monitoring in relation to resident species.

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Illegal immigration in the eastern Aegean Sea: a new source of marine litter

Cited by 14 publications

References 7 publications

Increasing Risk of Invasions by Organisms on Marine Debris in the Southeast Coast of India

Increasing Risk of Invasions by Organisms on Marine Debris in the Southeast Coast of India

Environmental and Socioeconomic Impacts of Irregular Migration in Coastal Areas: A Case Study of Musellim Strait

Colonization Dynamics of Potential Stowaways Inhabiting Marinas: Lessons from Caprellid Crustaceans

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