| Authors | GIUSEPPE CORRIEROa, CATALDO PIERRIa,*, STEFANO ACCORONIk, GIORGIO ALABISOe, GIORGIO BAVESTRELLOd, ENRICO BARBONEc, MAURO BASTIANINIf, ANNA MARIA BAZZONIh, FABRIZIO BERNARDI AUBRYf, FERDINANDO BOEROb, MARIA CRISTINA BUIAg, MARINA CABRINIi, ELISA CAMATTIf, FRINE CARDONEa, BRUNO CATALETTOi, RICCARDO CATTANEO VIETTId, ESTER CECEREe, TAMARA CIBICi, PAOLO COLANGELOl, ALESSANDRA DE OLAZABALi, GIANFRANCO D'ONGHIAa, STEFANIA FINOTTOf, NICOLA FIOREb, DANIELA FORNASAROi, SIMONETTA FRASCHETTIb, MARIA CRISTINA GAMBIg, ADRIANA GIANGRANDEb, CINZIA GRAVILIb, ROSANNA GUGLIELMOg, CATERINA LONGOa, MAURIZIO LORENTIg, ANTONELLA LUGLIÈh, PORZIA MAIORANOa, MARIA GRAZIA MAZZOCCHIg, MARIA MERCURIOa, FRANCESCO MASTROTOTAROa, MICHELE MISTRIj, MARINA MONTIi, CRISTINA MUNARIj, LUIGI MUSCOm, CARLOTTA NONNIS-MARZANOa, BACHISIO MARIO PADEDDAh, FRANCESCO PAOLO PATTIg, ANTONELLA PETROCELLIe, STEFANO PIRAINOb, GIUSEPPE PORTACCIe, ALESSANDRA PUGNETTIf, SILVIA PULINAh, TIZIANA ROMAGNOLIk, ILARIA ROSATIb, DIANA SARNOg, CECILIA TEODORA SATTAh, NICOLA SECHIh, STEFANO SCHIAPPARELLId, BEATRICE SCIPIONEg, LETIZIA SIONa, ANTONIO TERLIZZIb, VALENTINA TIRELLIi, CECILIA TOTTIk, ANGELO TURSIa, NICOLA UNGAROc, ADRIANA ZINGONEg, VALERIO ZUPOg and ALBERTO BASSETb |
| Text | 356713 2016 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 CORRIEROa, CATALDO PIERRIa, , STEFANO ACCORONIk, GIORGIO ALABISOe, GIORGIO BAVESTRELLOd, ENRICO BARBONEc, MAURO BASTIANINIf, ANNA MARIA BAZZONIh, FABRIZIO BERNARDI AUBRYf, FERDINANDO BOEROb, MARIA CRISTINA BUIAg, MARINA CABRINIi, ELISA CAMATTIf, FRINE CARDONEa, BRUNO CATALETTOi, RICCARDO CATTANEO VIETTId, ESTER CECEREe, TAMARA CIBICi, PAOLO COLANGELOl, ALESSANDRA DE OLAZABALi, GIANFRANCO D ONGHIAa, STEFANIA FINOTTOf, NICOLA FIOREb, DANIELA FORNASAROi, SIMONETTA FRASCHETTIb, MARIA CRISTINA GAMBIg, ADRIANA GIANGRANDEb, CINZIA GRAVILIb, ROSANNA GUGLIELMOg, CATERINA LONGOa, MAURIZIO LORENTIg, ANTONELLA LUGLIÈh, PORZIA MAIORANOa, MARIA GRAZIA MAZZOCCHIg, MARIA MERCURIOa, FRANCESCO MASTROTOTAROa, MICHELE MISTRIj, MARINA MONTIi, CRISTINA MUNARIj, LUIGI MUSCOm, CARLOTTA NONNIS MARZANOa, BACHISIO MARIO PADEDDAh, FRANCESCO PAOLO PATTIg, ANTONELLA PETROCELLIe, STEFANO PIRAINOb, GIUSEPPE PORTACCIe, ALESSANDRA PUGNETTIf, SILVIA PULINAh, TIZIANA ROMAGNOLIk, ILARIA ROSATIb, DIANA SARNOg, CECILIA TEODORA SATTAh, NICOLA SECHIh, STEFANO SCHIAPPARELLId, BEATRICE SCIPIONEg, LETIZIA SIONa, ANTONIO TERLIZZIb, VALENTINA TIRELLIi, CECILIA TOTTIk, ANGELO TURSIa, NICOLA UNGAROc, ADRIANA ZINGONEg, VALERIO ZUPOg and ALBERTO BASSETb 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. Published version Ecosystem vulnerability to alien and invasive species a case study on marine habitats along the Italian coast Corriero_et_al_2015.pdf Articolo in rivista John Wiley Sons, Ltd. 1099 0755 Aquatic conservation Online Aquatic conservation Online Aquat. conserv. Online Aquatic conservation Online Marine and freshwater ecosystems Online paolo.colangelo COLANGELO PAOLO luigi.musco MUSCO LUIGI antonella.petrocelli PETROCELLI ANTONELLA mauro.bastianini BASTIANINI MAURO giorgio.alabiso ALABISO GIORGIO fabrizio.bernardiaubry BERNARDI AUBRY FABRIZIO elisa.camatti CAMATTI ELISA giuseppe.portacci PORTACCI GIUSEPPE ester.cecere CECERE ESTER alessandra.pugnetti PUGNETTI ALESSANDRA |
