Naslov
Increase of appendicularian biodiversity in the Adriatic: history and current state

Autori
Garić, Rade ; Batistić, Mirna

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Sažeci sa skupova, sažetak, ostalo

Izvornik
International workshop: Molecular tools for monitoring marine invasive species / Galil, Bella ; Lubzens, Esther ; Piraino, Stefano - Lecce : Italian National Interuniversity Consortium for Marine Sciences, 2012, 28-28

Skup
International workshop: Molecular tools for monitoring marine invasive species

Mjesto i datum
Lecce, Italija, 12.09.2012. - 14.09.2012

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Poster

Vrsta recenzije
Međunarodna recenzija

Ključne riječi
alien appendicularian species; Adriatic Sea

Sažetak
Until 2007 systematic monitoring of appendicularians in the Adriatic was not conducted. The last basin-scale investigation was conducted from 1974-1976, more than 30 years ago, while yearly cycles were investigated in 1996/1997 in coastal South Adriatic. Since 2007 ten new appendicularian species were recorded in the Adriatic for the first time: Tectillaria fertilis, Oikopleura villafrancae, Folia gracilis, Appendicularia tregouboffi, Fritillaria aequatorialis, Fritillaria formica digitata, Fritillaria charybdae, Fritillaria lucifer, Kowalevskia oceanica and Fritillaria ragusina, a new species to the science. Species Megalocercus abyssorum, Oikopleura rufescens, Fritillaria fagei were not recorded since 1976 and they seem to have disappeared from the Adriatic. Due to infrequent sampling of appendicularians in the Adriatic it is hard to determine which of the records were overlooked in previous investigations and which are result of changes in zooplankton composition related to hydroclimatic changes. In the view of recent emerging importance of gelatinous zooplankton as indicators of circulation changes we assess status of these species in the Adriatic by using their population dynamics in the Adriatic and by revising historical samples.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Biologija

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