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Maurizio Pinna

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Searching for the competitive ability of the alien seagrass Halophila stipulacea with the autochthonous species Cymodocea nodosa

2023

The tropical seagrass Halophila stipulacea (Forsskål) Ascherson, 1867 entered in the Mediterranean Sea through the Suez Canal more than 100 years ago. In coastal-marine ecosystems the spatial niche of H. stipulacea is often overlapped with that of native Mediterranean Sea seagrasses and therefore it might out-compete them. Aiming to better understand its invasiveness potential, we monitored a Southern Mediterranean shallow coastal-marine water habitat from August 2010 to August 2011, where H. stipulacea co-occurred with the native seagrass Cymodocea nodosa (Ucria) Ascherson, 1870. Besides, the year-round dynamics of H. stipulacea was also monitored in four periods. To test the hypothesis th…

Settore BIO/07 - Ecologiashallow coastal-marine habitatCymodoceaLiliopsidaCymodoceaceaePlant ScienceHydrocharitaceaeAquatic ScienceHalophilanon-indigenous species (NIS)Mediterranean SeaPlantaeEcology Evolution Behavior and SystematicsAlismatalesCymodocea nodosaEcologyEcological ModelingSettore BIO/02 - Botanica SistematicaCymodocea nodosa Halophila stipulacea invasive alien species (IAS) Mediterranean Sea non-indigenous species (NIS) seagrasses shallow coastal-marine habitatHalophila stipulaceaBiotaTracheophytaInsect ScienceAnimal Science and Zoologyinvasive alien species (IAS)seagrasses
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Distribution of Caulerpa taxifolia var. distichophylla (Sonder) Verlaque, Huisman & Procaccini in the Mediterranean Sea

2019

The Non-Indigenous Species (NIS) Caulerpa taxifolia var. distichophylla (Sonder) Verlaque, Huisman & Procaccini has been reported for the first time in the Mediterranean Sea along the coast of South Turkey. This NIS is actively expanding into the Eastern and Western Mediterranean Sea. In this paper, we present an overview of the current distribution of this alga in the Mediterranean Sea, based on relevant scientific publications, grey literature and personal observations. New records from the Sicilian coast (Italy) are also reported. Caulerpa taxifolia var. distichophylla was found over a wide range of environmental conditions (depth, light and substratum), suggesting a broad ecolog…

0106 biological scienceslcsh:QH1-199.5Caulerpa taxifoliaDistribution (economics)lcsh:General. Including nature conservation geographical distribution010603 evolutionary biology01 natural sciencesCaulerpa taxifolia var. distichophyllaMediterranean sealcsh:QH540-549.5Mediterranean SeaNon-Indigenous species (NIS) Caulerpa taxifolia var. distichophylla Sicily coast artificial marine infrastructures Mediterranean SeaNon-Indigenous species (NIS) Caulerpa taxifolia var. distichophylla Sicily coast artificial marine infra- structures Mediterranean SeaNature and Landscape Conservationbiologybusiness.industry010604 marine biology & hydrobiologySettore BIO/02 - Botanica SistematicaSicily coastbiology.organism_classificationartificial marine infrastructuresGeographyOceanographySettore BIO/03 - Botanica Ambientale E ApplicataNon-Indigenous species (NIS)lcsh:Ecologybusiness
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Acquatina Lagoon: a model ecosystem to study community patterns

2013

Acquatina is a small lagoon ecosystem (0.45 km2) located on the Adriatic coast only 5 km north of Lecce (Italy). The lagoon has a freshwater input in the northern part and a connection with the sea at the south edge, being characterised by a latitudinal gradient of salinity and an internal patchiness of habitats. Here, we have used the lagoons as a model to study the influence of these sources of variation on the spatial distribution of macrobenthis and fish fauna, using both taxonomic and on taxonomic descriptors. Results showed a non random distribution of both species and functional traits of macroinvertebrate and fish fauna within the lagoon, despite the relatively small surface area. S…

Acquatina Lagoon habitat patchiness gradient of salinity functional traits macroinvertebrates fish fauna niche specialisation trophic energy partitioninglagoon macroinvertebrate fishspatial distribution
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