Macrozoobenthos in the Adriatic Sea ports: Soft-bottom communities with an overview of non-indigenous species.
Adriatic
Macrozoobenthos
Mediterranean
Non-indigenous species
Ports
Soft-bottom community
Journal
Marine pollution bulletin
ISSN: 1879-3363
Titre abrégé: Mar Pollut Bull
Pays: England
ID NLM: 0260231
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Oct 2019
Oct 2019
Historique:
received:
31
07
2017
revised:
27
06
2018
accepted:
08
01
2019
pubmed:
3
3
2019
medline:
18
12
2019
entrez:
3
3
2019
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
The present paper is a contribution to the first initiative of the Port Baseline Survey (PBS) for Non-indigenous species (NIS) in the Mediterranean Sea. It presents a report on the soft-bottom macrobenthos from the five Adriatic ports: Bari, Ancona (Italy), Koper (Slovenia), Pula, Rijeka (Croatia), with a focus on the presence and contribution of NIS to native assemblages. Out of 451 species identified, only four were common to all ports. A total of eight NIS were recorded, five in surveyed ports and three in the lagoon connected to the Port of Koper. The highest number of NIS was recorded in Bari, and the highest abundance in Ancona and Bari. Generally, the number, abundance and contribution of NIS seems too low to cause a substantial impact on native communities in surveyed ports. The suitability of methods adopted for PBS for soft-bottom NIS was discussed and suggestion for methodological improvement is provided.
Identifiants
pubmed: 30824304
pii: S0025-326X(19)30016-5
doi: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2019.01.016
pii:
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
159-170Commentaires et corrections
Type : ErratumIn
Informations de copyright
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