| Authors | GIUSEPPE CORRIERO, CATALDO PIERRI, STEFANO ACCORONI, GIORGIO ALABISO, GIORGIO BAVESTRELLO, ENRICO BARBONE, MAURO BASTIANINI, ANNA MARIA BAZZONI, FABRIZIO BERNARDI AUBRY, FERDINANDO BOERO, MARIA CRISTINA BUIA, MARINA CABRINI, ELISA CAMATTI, FRINE CARDONE, BRUNO CATALETTO, RICCARDO CATTANEO VIETTI, ESTER CECERE, TAMARA CIBIC, PAOLO COLANGELO, ALESSANDRA DE OLAZABAL, GIANFRANCO D'ONGHIA, STEFANIA FINOTTO, NICOLA FIORE, DANIELA FORNASARO, SIMONETTA FRASCHETTI, MARIA CRISTINA GAMBI, ADRIANA GIANGRANDE, CINZIA GRAVILI, ROSANNA GUGLIELMO, CATERINA LONGO, MAURIZIO LORENTI, ANTONELLA LUGLIÈ, PORZIA MAIORANO, MARIA GRAZIA MAZZOCCHI, MARIA MERCURIO, FRANCESCO MASTROTOTARO, MICHELE MISTRI, MARINA MONTI, CRISTINA MUNARI, LUIGI MUSCO, CARLOTTA NONNIS-MARZANO, BACHISIO MARIO PADEDDA, FRANCESCO PAOLO PATTI, ANTONELLA PETROCELLI, STEFANO PIRAINO, GIUSEPPE PORTACCI, ALESSANDRA PUGNETTI, SILVIA PULINA, TIZIANA ROMAGNOLI, ILARIA ROSATI, DIANA SARNO, CECILIA TEODORA SATTA, NICOLA SECHI, STEFANO SCHIAPPARELLI, BEATRICE SCIPIONE, LETIZIA SION, ANTONIO TERLIZZI, VALENTINA TIRELLI, CECILIA TOTTI, ANGELO TURSI, NICOLA UNGARO, ADRIANA ZINGONE, VALERIO ZUPO, ALBERTO BASSET |
| Text | 317430 2015 10.1002/aqc.2550 ISI Web of Science WOS 000373957200015 Scopus 2 s2.0 84923397293 marine alien species; Mediterranean EUNIS habitats; habitat vulnerability; invasive alien species; invasion Ecosystem vulnerability to alien and invasive species a case study on marine habitats along the Italian coast GIUSEPPE CORRIERO, CATALDO PIERRI, STEFANO ACCORONI, GIORGIO ALABISO, GIORGIO BAVESTRELLO, ENRICO BARBONE, MAURO BASTIANINI, ANNA MARIA BAZZONI, FABRIZIO BERNARDI AUBRY, FERDINANDO BOERO, MARIA CRISTINA BUIA, MARINA CABRINI, ELISA CAMATTI, FRINE CARDONE, BRUNO CATALETTO, RICCARDO CATTANEO VIETTI, ESTER CECERE, TAMARA CIBIC, PAOLO COLANGELO, ALESSANDRA DE OLAZABAL, GIANFRANCO D ONGHIA, STEFANIA FINOTTO, NICOLA FIORE, DANIELA FORNASARO, SIMONETTA FRASCHETTI, MARIA CRISTINA GAMBI, ADRIANA GIANGRANDE, CINZIA GRAVILI, ROSANNA GUGLIELMO, CATERINA LONGO, MAURIZIO LORENTI, ANTONELLA LUGLIÈ, PORZIA MAIORANO, MARIA GRAZIA MAZZOCCHI, MARIA MERCURIO, FRANCESCO MASTROTOTARO, MICHELE MISTRI, MARINA MONTI, CRISTINA MUNARI, LUIGI MUSCO, CARLOTTA NONNIS MARZANO, BACHISIO MARIO PADEDDA, FRANCESCO PAOLO PATTI, ANTONELLA PETROCELLI, STEFANO PIRAINO, GIUSEPPE PORTACCI, ALESSANDRA PUGNETTI, SILVIA PULINA, TIZIANA ROMAGNOLI, ILARIA ROSATI, DIANA SARNO, CECILIA TEODORA SATTA, NICOLA SECHI, STEFANO SCHIAPPARELLI, BEATRICE SCIPIONE, LETIZIA SION, ANTONIO TERLIZZI, VALENTINA TIRELLI, CECILIA TOTTI, ANGELO TURSI, NICOLA UNGARO, ADRIANA ZINGONE, VALERIO ZUPO, ALBERTO BASSET aDepartment of Biology, University of Bari Aldo Moro , Bari, Italy bDepartment of Biological and Environmental Science and Technology, University of Salento, Lecce, Italy cApulian Regional Agency for the Environmental Prevention and Protection, Bari, Italy dDepartment of Earth, Environment and Life Science, University of Genova, Genova, Italy eNational Research Council, Institute for Marine Coastal Environment, Taranto, Italy fNational Research Council, Institute of Marine Science, Venezia, Italy gZoological Station Anton Dohrn, Napoli, Italy hDepartment of Architecture, Urban Planning and Design, University of Sassari, Sassari, Italy iNational Institute of Oceanography and Experimental Geophysics, Trieste, Italy jDepartment of Life Science and Biotechnology, Ferrara, Italy kDepartment of Life and Environment Sciences, Polytechnic University of Marche, Ancona, Italy lNational Research Council, Institute of Ecosystem Study, Verbania Pallanza, Italy mNational Research Council, Institute for Marine Coastal Environment, Castellammare del Golfo, TP , Italy 1. 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. 2. 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. 3. 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. 4. 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. 5. 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. 6. 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 monitoring. Postprint https //publications.cnr.it/doc/317430 Ecosystem vulnerability to alien and invasive species a case study on marine habitats along the Italian coast Aquatic Conservation 2015 Corriero Ecosystem vulnerability to alien and invasive species a case study on marine.pdf Articolo in rivista John Wiley Sons, Ltd. 1052 7613 Aquatic conservation Print Aquatic conservation Print Aquat. conserv. Print Aquatic conservation Print Marine and freshwater ecosystems Print paolo.colangelo COLANGELO PAOLO FINOTTO STEFANIA antonella.petrocelli PETROCELLI ANTONELLA mauro.bastianini BASTIANINI MAURO giorgio.alabiso ALABISO GIORGIO fabrizio.bernardiaubry BERNARDI AUBRY FABRIZIO giuseppe.portacci PORTACCI GIUSEPPE ilaria.rosati ROSATI ILARIA luigi.musco MUSCO LUIGI ester.cecere CECERE ESTER alessandra.pugnetti PUGNETTI ALESSANDRA |
