Marine invasive alien species in Europe: 9 years after the IAS Regulation

S Katsanevakis, S Olenin, R Puntila-Dodd… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Biological invasions, resulting from human activities, exert substantial impacts on
ecosystems worldwide. This review focuses on marine invasive alien species (IAS) in …

Rapid invasion and expansion of the invasive macroalgae Rugulopteryx okamurae in the Mediterranean and Atlantic: A 10-year review

MR Laamraoui, B Mghili, M Roca, O Chaieb… - Marine Pollution …, 2024 - Elsevier
This review seeks to establish a baseline on the current knowledge and gaps in the scientific
literature on the invasive macroalgae Rugulopteryx okamurae. Through a systematic …

Validated inventories of non-indigenous species (NIS) for the Mediterranean Sea as tools for regional policy and patterns of NIS spread

M Galanidi, M Aissi, M Ali, A Bakalem, M Bariche… - Diversity, 2023 - mdpi.com
This work presents refined, updated subregional and regional non-indigenous species (NIS)
inventories for the Mediterranean Sea, validated by national and taxonomic experts, with …

Updating the national baseline of non-indigenous species in Spanish marine waters

L Png-Gonzalez, R Comas-González… - Diversity, 2023 - mdpi.com
The introduction of new non-indigenous species (NIS) in Spanish marine waters is
addressed under Descriptor 2 of the European Union's Marine Strategy Framework …

[PDF][PDF] HELLAS-ALIENS. The invasive alien species of Greece: time trends, origin and pathways

M Arianoutsou, C Adamopoulou, P Andriopoulos… - …, 2023 - neobiota.pensoft.net
The current paper presents the first effort to organize a comprehensive review of the Invasive
Alien Species (IAS) of Greece. For this purpose, a database was developed with fields of …

An overview of marine non-indigenous species found in three contrasting biogeographic metropolitan French regions: Insights on distribution, origins and pathways of …

C Massé, F Viard, S Humbert, E Antajan, I Auby… - Diversity, 2023 - mdpi.com
Biological invasions are one of the main global threats to biodiversity in terrestrial,
freshwater and marine ecosystems worldwide, requiring effective inventorying and …

The invasive brown seaweed Rugulopteryx okamurae (Dictyotales, Ochrophyta) continues to expand: first record in Italy

G Bellissimo, M Altamirano, AR Muñoz, J De la Rosa… - bioRxiv, 2023 - biorxiv.org
The brown seaweed Rugulopteryx okamurae (Dictyotales, Ochrophyta), native to the Pacific
Ocean and widely distributed in Asia, has been recently recognized as an emblematic case …

Introduced species in Mediterranean marine caves: an increasing but neglected threat

V Gerovasileiou, RI Bancila… - Mediterranean …, 2022 - ejournals.epublishing.ekt.gr
Marine caves are protected habitats with high biodiversity and low ecological resilience,
vulnerable to multiple pressures including biological invasions. Therefore, comprehensive …

Reviewing introduction histories, pathways, invasiveness, and impact of non-indigenous species in Danish marine waters

KR Jensen, P Andersen, NR Andersen, A Bruhn… - Diversity, 2023 - mdpi.com
Non-indigenous species (NIS) are of concern for biodiversity conservation and ecosystem
functioning. We present an updated list of NIS, including cryptogenic species, from Danish …

[HTML][HTML] Non-indigenous aquatic fauna in transitional waters from the Spanish Mediterranean coast: A comprehensive assessment

JM Zamora-Marín, AA Herrero-Reyes… - Marine Pollution …, 2023 - Elsevier
Understanding drivers of spatial variation in non-indigenous species (NIS) is a key goal in
invasion biology, but comprehensive assessments providing high-resolution data are …