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The highly invasive alga Caulerpa racemosa var. Cylindracea poses a new threat to the banks of the coral Cladocora caespitosa in the Adriatic Sea
The highly invasive alga Caulerpa racemosa var. Cylindracea poses a new threat to the banks of the coral Cladocora caespitosa in the Adriatic Sea // Coral Reefs, 27 (2008), 2; 441-441 doi:10.1007/s00338-008-0358-7 (podatak o recenziji nije dostupan, osvrt, stručni)
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Naslov
The highly invasive alga Caulerpa racemosa var. Cylindracea poses a new threat to the banks of the coral Cladocora caespitosa in the Adriatic Sea
Autori
Kružić, Petar ; Žuljević, Ante ; Nikolić, Vedran
Izvornik
Coral Reefs (0722-4028) 27
(2008), 2;
441-441
Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Radovi u časopisima, osvrt, stručni
Ključne riječi
Cladocora caespitosa; Caulerpa racemosa
Sažetak
The invasive green alga Caulerpa racemosa var. cylindracea was observed in the Mediterranean for the first time in 1991 in Libya. Within 20 years it has expanded to almost all regions of the Mediterranean. Like Caulerpa taxifolia, C. racemosa var. cylindracea is crowding out the algal flora, diminishing biodiversity, and also overgrowing corals (Piazzi et al. 2001). This has previously been observed on coral reefs in the Caribbean (Littler and Littler 2000, 2003). Predominantly spreading by sea currents, by the end of 2006 it was found at more than 50 locations along the eastern Adriatic coast (Žuljević and Antolić 2004). In the summer of 2004, it was found in the National Park Mljet in the Channel Soline at 0.5– 4 m depth, along 200 m of coastline (Fig. 1d). An additional large colony of the alga was found just outside the channel in Gonoturska Cove. In September 2004, the alga was found in Veliko jezero at 8– 14 m depth, on 150 m of coastline and the marginal part of the coral bank of Cladocora caespitosa (Fig. 1a– c). The C. caespitosa bank in Veliko jezero occurs at depths between 6 and 18 m and covers an area of 650 m2, and is one of the largest banks in the Mediterranean (Kružić and Požar-Domac 2003). The alga smothered live coral colonies, causing the coral to completely retract, leaving the calyx rim deprived of tissue coverage, and then produced large quantities of mucus. The alga’ s ability to propagate from fragments and the strong sea currents, a result of tidal exchange in the channel, appear to favor the spread of algal fragments in the Veliko jezero.
Izvorni jezik
Engleski
Znanstvena područja
Biologija
POVEZANOST RADA
Projekti:
001-0000000-3203 - Bioraznolikost bentosa u promjenjivom okolišu srednjeg Jadrana (Antolić, Boris, MZOS ) ( CroRIS)
Ustanove:
Institut za oceanografiju i ribarstvo, Split,
Prirodoslovno-matematički fakultet, Zagreb
Citiraj ovu publikaciju:
Časopis indeksira:
- Current Contents Connect (CCC)
- Web of Science Core Collection (WoSCC)
- Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXP)
- SCI-EXP, SSCI i/ili A&HCI
- Scopus
