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Larval fish assemblages in the central Mediterranean Sea: spatio spatio-temporal dynamics and biological effect on early life stage of Sardinella aur…

geostrophic currentStrait of SicilyTyrrhenian Seamean daily growth; Strait of Sicily; Tyrrhenian Sea; Central Mediterranean Sea [Larval fish assemblages; Ekman transport; Lagrangian simulations; geostrophic currents; Sardinella aurita; otoliths microstructure analysis]Ekman transportLagrangian simulationSardinella auritaCentral Mediterranean SeaSettore BIO/05 - ZoologiaLarval fish assemblageotoliths microstructure analysis: mean daily growth
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A SMALL INVADER CONQUERS SICILY: AMPHISTEGINA LOBIFERA (FORAMINIFERA: AMPHISTEGINIDAE)

2018

The highly invasive Amphistegina lobifera (Larsen, 1976), a benthic foraminiferal species native to the Red Sea, has colonized the Eastern Mediterranean through the Suez Canal and altered the native community structure. More recently, it has been reported from Malta and the Pelagian Islands within the Sicily channel. Here, we report new records from the southern coasts of Sicily, where we found it abundant both in the soft-bottom sediment and as epiphyt on algae. The occurrence of A. lobifera in Pantelleria and Favignana islands represents the Mediterranean westernmost record of this non-indigenous species.

Benthic foraminifera Lessepsian invasion Sicily Channel Central Mediterranean Sea
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