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Effect of salinity and temperature on feeding physiology and scope for growth of an invasive species (Brachidontes pharaonis - MOLLUSCA: BIVALVIA) wi…

2008

Abstract The Indo-Pacific mytilid Brachidontes pharaonis (Bivalvia, Fischer 1870) offers an excellent model for the study of “Lessepsian migration” and the successive colonization at new Mediterranean locations. This species in out competing indigenous bivalves is particularly well adapted to Mediterranean conditions and this is likely due to biological characteristics and physio-ecological plasticity. In the present paper, we report on clearance rate (CR), respiration rate (RR) and Scope for Growth (SFG) of B. pharaonis collected from a Western Sicilian pond (Southern Tyrrhenian, MED). Physiological variables were determined in response to a range of temperatures from 11 ° to 20 °C and a b…

Settore BIO/07 - EcologiaLessepsian migrationEcologyAquatic ScienceBiologybiology.organism_classificationBivalviaBiological invasions Brachidontes pharaonis Clearance rate Lesseptian migration Mediterranean Scope for growthSalinityMediterranean seaBrachidontes pharaonisRespiration rateClearance rateMolluscaEcology Evolution Behavior and SystematicsJournal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology
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Abundance patterns at the invasion front: The case of Siganus luridus in Linosa (Strait of Sicily, Central Mediterranean Sea)

2017

The dusky spinefoot (Siganus luridus) has spread through much of the eastern Mediterranean since its introduction in 1920. In the present study, we monitored the abundance of this invader around the island of Linosa (Strait of Sicily), where the species was first recorded in 2003. Data were periodically collected along two temporal windows, 2005–06 and 2012–15, by both underwater visual census and surface snorkelling. Local ecological knowledge was investigated to gain complementary information. Both approaches highlighted significant proliferation of this tropical invader, with an average abundance of 0.36 individuals per 250m2 across the 0–30-m depth range. Dense aggregations of more than…

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First confirmed record of the Lessepsian migrant Pteragogus pelycus Randall, 1981 (Teleostei: Labridae) for the North African coasts

2012

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0106 biological sciencesMediterranean climateSettore BIO/07 - EcologiaLessepsian migrationLessepsian migrationMediterranean010603 evolutionary biology01 natural sciencesAquatic organismsLabridaePteragogus pelycusSingle specimen14. Life underwaterPteragogus pelycusEcology Evolution Behavior and SystematicsTeleosteiEcologybiologyEcology010604 marine biology & hydrobiologyAquatic animal15. Life on landbiology.organism_classificationFisheryGeography13. Climate actionPteragogus pelycus Labridae Lessepsian migration Egypt MediterraneanNorth africanEgyptBioInvasions Records
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