Browsing by Author "Çinar M.E."

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    Ecoregion-Based Conservation Planning in the Mediterranean: Dealing with Large-Scale Heterogeneity
    (2013) Giakoumi S.; Sini M.; Gerovasileiou V.; Mazor T.; Beher J.; Possingham H.P.; Abdulla A.; Çinar M.E.; Dendrinos P.; Gucu A.C.; Karamanlidis A.A.; Rodic P.; Panayotidis P.; Taskin E.; Jaklin A.; Voultsiadou E.; Webster C.; Zenetos A.; Katsanevakis S.
    Spatial priorities for the conservation of three key Mediterranean habitats, i.e. seagrass Posidonia oceanica meadows, coralligenous formations, and marine caves, were determined through a systematic planning approach. Available information on the distribution of these habitats across the entire Mediterranean Sea was compiled to produce basin-scale distribution maps. Conservation targets for each habitat type were set according to European Union guidelines. Surrogates were used to estimate the spatial variation of opportunity cost for commercial, non-commercial fishing, and aquaculture. Marxan conservation planning software was used to evaluate the comparative utility of two planning scenarios: (a) a whole-basin scenario, referring to selection of priority areas across the whole Mediterranean Sea, and (b) an ecoregional scenario, in which priority areas were selected within eight predefined ecoregions. Although both scenarios required approximately the same total area to be protected in order to achieve conservation targets, the opportunity cost differed between them. The whole-basin scenario yielded a lower opportunity cost, but the Alboran Sea ecoregion was not represented and priority areas were predominantly located in the Ionian, Aegean, and Adriatic Seas. In comparison, the ecoregional scenario resulted in a higher representation of ecoregions and a more even distribution of priority areas, albeit with a higher opportunity cost. We suggest that planning at the ecoregional level ensures better representativeness of the selected conservation features and adequate protection of species, functional, and genetic diversity across the basin. While there are several initiatives that identify priority areas in the Mediterranean Sea, our approach is novel as it combines three issues: (a) it is based on the distribution of habitats and not species, which was rarely the case in previous efforts, (b) it considers spatial variability of cost throughout this socioeconomically heterogeneous basin, and (c) it adopts ecoregions as the most appropriate level for large-scale planning. © 2013 Giakoumi et al.
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    Unpublished mediterranean records of marine alien and cryptogenic species
    (Regional Euro-Asian Biological Invasions Centre, 2020) Katsanevakis S.; Poursanidis D.; Hoffman R.; Rizgalla J.; Rothman S.B.-S.; Levitt-Barmats Y.; Hadjioannou L.; Trkov D.; Garmendia J.M.; Rizzo M.; Bartolo A.G.; Bariche M.; Tomas F.; Kleitou P.; Schembri P.J.; Kletou D.; Tiralongo F.; Pergent C.; Pergent G.; Azzurro E.; Bilecenoglu M.; Lodola A.; Ballesteros E.; Gerovasileiou V.; Verlaque M.; Occhipinti-Ambrogi A.; Kytinou E.; Dailianis T.; Ferrario J.; Crocetta F.; Jimenez C.; Evans J.; Ragkousis M.; Lipej L.; Borg J.A.; Dimitriadis C.; Chatzigeorgiou G.; Albano P.G.; Kalogirou S.; Bazairi H.; Espinosa F.; Ben Souissi J.; Tsiamis K.; Badalamenti F.; Langeneck J.; Noel P.; Deidun A.; Marchini A.; Skouradakis G.; Royo L.; Sini M.; Bianchi C.N.; Sghaier Y.-R.; Ghanem R.; Doumpas N.; Zaouali J.; Tsirintanis K.; Papadakis O.; Morri C.; Çinar M.E.; Terrados J.; Insacco G.; Zava B.; Soufi-Kechaou E.; Piazzi L.; Ben Amor K.O.; Andriotis E.; Gambi M.C.; Ben Amor M.M.; Garrabou J.; Linares C.; Fortič A.; Digenis M.; Cebrian E.; Fourt M.; Zotou M.; Castriota L.; Di Martino V.; Rosso A.; Pipitone C.; Falautano M.; García M.; Zakhama-Sraieb R.; Khamassi F.; Mannino A.M.; Ktari M.H.; Kosma I.; Rifi M.; Karachle P.K.; Yapıcı S.; Bos A.R.; Balistreri P.; Esplá A.A.R.; Tempesti J.; Inglese O.; Giovos I.; Damalas D.; Benhissoune S.; Huseyinoglu M.F.; Rjiba-Bahri W.; Santamaría J.; Orlando-Bonaca M.; Izquierdo A.; Stamouli C.; Montefalcone M.; Cerim H.; Golo R.; Tsioli S.; Orfanidis S.; Michailidis N.; Gaglioti M.; Taşkın E.; Mancuso E.; Žunec A.; Cvitković I.; Filiz H.; Sanfilippo R.; Siapatis A.; Mavrič B.; Karaa S.; Türker A.; Monniot F.; Verdura J.; El Ouamari N.; Selfati M.; Zenetos A.
    Good datasets of geo-referenced records of alien species are a prerequisite for assessing the spatio-temporal dynamics of biological invasions, their invasive potential, and the magnitude of their impacts. However, with the exception of first records on a country level or wider regions, observations of species presence tend to remain unpublished, buried in scattered repositories or in the personal databases of experts. Through an initiative to collect, harmonize and make such unpublished data for marine alien and cryptogenic species in the Mediterranean Sea available, a large dataset comprising 5376 records was created. It includes records of 239 alien or cryptogenic taxa (192 Animalia, 24 Plantae, 23 Chromista) from 19 countries surrounding the Mediterranean Sea. In terms of records, the most reported Phyla in descending order were Chordata, Mollusca, Chlorophyta, Arthropoda, and Rhodophyta. The most recorded species was Caulerpa cylindracea, followed by Siganus luridus, Magallana sp. (cf. gigas or angulata) and Pterois miles. The dataset includes records from 1972 to 2020, with the highest number of records observed in 2018. Among the records of the dataset, Dictyota acutiloba is a first record for the Mediterranean Sea. Nine first country records are also included: the alga Caulerpa taxifolia var. distichophylla, the cube boxfish Ostracion cubicus, and the cleaner shrimp Urocaridella pulchella from Israel; the sponge Paraleucilla magna from Libya and Slovenia; the lumpfish Cyclopterus lumpus from Cyprus; the bryozoan Celleporaria vermiformis and the polychaetes Prionospio depauperata and Notomastus aberans from Malta. © Katsanevakis et al.
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    Coralligenous assemblages along their geographical distribution: Testing of concepts and implications for management
    (John Wiley and Sons Ltd, 2020) Çinar M.E.; Féral J.-P.; Arvanitidis C.; David R.; Taşkin E.; Sini M.; Dailianis T.; Doğan A.; Gerovasileiou V.; Evcen A.; Chenuil A.; Dağli E.; Aysel V.; Issaris Y.; Bakir K.; Nalmpantı M.; Sartoretto S.; Salomidi M.; Sapouna A.; Açik S.; Dimitriadis C.; Koutsoubas D.; Katağan T.; Öztürk B.; Koçak F.; Erdogan-Dereli D.; Önen S.; Özgen Ö.; Türkçü N.; Kirkim F.; Önen M.
    1.The coralligenous habitat was studied at the large Mediterranean scale, by applying a standardized, non-destructive photo-sampling protocol, developed in the framework of the CIGESMED project. 2.The results provided evidence to support the following statements: (a) the assemblage pattern is not homogeneously distributed across the four Mediterranean ecoregions studied (biotic gradients hypothesis); and (b) the assemblage pattern does not change significantly when the information is aggregated to higher taxonomic levels (taxonomic sufficiency hypothesis). 3.Surrogate taxonomic categories higher than species, such as genus and family, can be used to reveal the multivariate pattern of the coralligenous assemblages. 4.Although preliminary at the pan-Mediterranean scale, these outcomes set the scene for future comparisons as more data sets become available but also for comparisons between taxonomic and functional patterns. © 2020 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
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    Current status (as of end of 2020) of marine alien species in Turkey
    (Public Library of Science, 2021) Çinar M.E.; Bilecenoğlu M.; Yokeş M.B.; Öztürk B.; Taşkin E.; Bakir K.; Doğan A.; Açik Ş.
    The 2020's update of marine alien species list from Turkey yielded a total of 539 species belonging to 18 taxonomic groups, 404 of which have become established in the region and 135 species are casual. A total of 185 new alien species have been added to the list since the previous update of 2011. The present compilation includes reports of an ascidian species (Rhodosoma turcicum) new to the marine fauna of Turkey and range extensions of six species. Among the established species, 105 species have invasive characters at least in one zoogeographic region, comprising 19% of all alien species. Mollusca ranked first in terms of the number of species (123 species), followed by Foraminifera (91 species), Pisces (80 species) and Arthropoda (79 species). The number of alien species found in seas surrounding Turkey ranged from 28 (Black Sea) to 413 (Levantine Sea). The vectoral importance of the Suez Canal diminishes when moving from south to north, accounting for 72% of species introductions in the Levantine Sea vs. only 11% of species introductions in the Black Sea. Most alien species on the coasts of Turkey were originated from the Red Sea (58%), due to the proximity of the country to the Suez Canal. Shipping activities transported 39% of alien species, mainly from the Indo-Pacific area (20%) and the Atlantic Ocean (10%). Misidentified species (such as Pterois volitans, Trachurus declivis, etc.) and species those classified as questionable or cryptogenic were omitted from the list based on new data gathered in the last decade and expert judgements. The documented impacts of invasive species on socio-economy, biodiversity and human health in the last decade as well as the legislation and management backgrounds against alien species in Turkey are presented. © 2021 Çinar et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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    Unpublished Mediterranean and Black Sea records of marine alien, cryptogenic, and neonative species
    (Regional Euro-Asian Biological Invasions Centre, 2023) Ragkousis M.; Zenetos A.; Souissi J.B.; Hoffman R.; Ghanem R.; Taşkın E.; Muresan M.; Karpova E.; Slynko E.; Dağlı E.; Fortič A.; Surugiu V.; Mačić V.; Trkov D.; Bahri W.R.; Tsiamis K.; Ramos-Espla A.A.; Petović S.; Ferrario J.; Marchini A.; Sconfietti R.; Ammar I.; Alo A.; Edelist D.; Begun T.; Teaca A.; Tari G.; Huseyinoglu M.F.; Karachle P.K.; Dogrammatzi A.; Apostolopoulos G.A.; Crocetta F.; Kytinou E.; Digenis M.; Skouradakis G.; Tomas F.; Bariche M.; Kaminas A.; Konida K.; Deidun A.; Marrone A.; Fraschetti S.; Mihneva V.; Bianchi C.N.; Morri C.; Gerovasileiou V.; Lipej L.; Sini M.; Mangialajo L.; Zotou M.; Skolka M.; Azzurro E.; Vella A.; Dailianis T.; Grigoriou P.; Jimenez C.; Tsirintanis K.; Oikonomidis G.; Mancini E.; Papadakis O.; Di Martino V.; Chatzigeorgiou G.; Amor M.M.B.; Vernadou E.; Arda Y.; Minasidis V.; Azzola A.; Hadjioannou L.; Montefalcone M.; Baldacchino Y.; Stancanelli B.; Bonifazi A.; Occhipinti-Ambrogi A.; Smeraldo S.; Evans J.; Kondylatos G.; Falautano M.; Castriota L.; Lamprou A.; Rizgalla J.; Mavrič B.; Papadimitriou E.; Kersting D.K.; Schembri P.J.; Khamassi F.; Nikolaou A.; Ballesteros E.; Dimitriadis C.; García M.; Anastasiadis A.; Kalogirou S.; Nalmpanti M.; Altamirano M.; Grech D.; Mavrouleas D.; Vella N.; Darmanin S.A.; Dragičević B.; Poursanidis D.; Tsatiris A.; Corsini-Foka M.; Orlando- Bonaca M.; Insacco G.; Tsalapatis A.; Scannella D.; Tiralongo F.; Verdura J.; Vitale S.; Valsamidis M.A.; Bazairi H.; Mannino A.M.; Virgili R.; Coccia F.C.; Zrelli R.E.; Nikolidakis S.; Rabaoui L.J.; Yapıcı S.; Zaouali J.; Zava B.; Agrotis N.; Bilecenoglu M.; Çinar M.E.; Moraitis M.L.; Albano P.G.; Kaddouri N.; Kosma I.; Falsone F.; Fossati V.; Geraci M.L.; Zamuda L.L.; Mancuso F.P.; Petrou A.; Resaikos V.; Aydın İ.; Batjakas I.E.; Bos A.R.; Ouamari N.E.; Giallongo G.; Kampouris T.E.; Amor K.O.-B.; Doğan A.; Dulčić J.; Okudan E.Ş.; Rilov G.; Rosso A.; Royo L.; Selfati M.; Gaglioti M.; Giakoumi S.; Kousteni V.; Micu D.; Nicoară M.; Orfanidis S.; Papatheodoulou M.; Tempesti J.; Triantaphyllou M.; Tsourou T.; Yalgın F.; Baltag E.; Cerim H.; Filiz H.; Georgiadis C.G.; Papadamakis P.; Rammou D.L.; Samargiu M.D.; Sciuto F.; Sinopoli M.; Türker A.; Chiarore A.; Tamburello L.; Karray S.; Hassen B.; Katsanevakis S.
    To enrich spatio-temporal information on the distribution of alien, cryptogenic, and neonative species in the Mediterranean and the Black Sea, a collective effort by 173 marine scientists was made to provide unpublished records and make them open access to the scientific community. Through this effort, we collected and harmonized a dataset of 12,649 records. It includes 247 taxa, of which 217 are Animalia, 25 Plantae and 5 Chromista, from 23 countries surrounding the Mediterranean and the Black Sea. Chordata was the most abundant taxonomic group, followed by Arthropoda, Mollusca, and Annelida. In terms of species records, Siganus luridus, Siganus rivulatus, Saurida lessepsianus, Pterois miles, Upeneus moluccensis, Charybdis (Archias) longicollis, and Caulerpa cylindracea were the most numerous. The temporal distribution of the records ranges from 1973 to 2022, with 44% of the records in 2020–2021. Lethrinus borbonicus is reported for the first time in the Mediterranean Sea, while Pomatoschistus quagga, Caulerpa cylindracea, Grateloupia turuturu, and Misophria pallida are first records for the Black Sea; Kapraunia schneideri is recorded for the second time in the Mediterranean and for the first time in Israel; Prionospio depauperata and Pseudonereis anomala are reported for the first time from the Sea of Marmara. Many first country records are also included, namely: Amathia verticillata (Montenegro), Ampithoe valida (Italy), Antithamnion amphigeneum (Greece), Clavelina oblonga (Tunisia and Slovenia), Dendostrea cf. folium (Syria), Epinephelus fasciatus (Tunisia), Ganonema farinosum (Montenegro), Macrorhynchia philippina (Tunisia), Marenzelleria neglecta (Romania), Paratapes textilis (Tunisia), and Botrylloides diegensis (Tunisia). © Ragkousis et al.