scholarly journals Checklist with first records for the Echinoderms of northern Tunisia (central Mediterranean Sea)

2019 ◽  
Vol 83 (3) ◽  
pp. 277
Author(s):  
Hayfa Chammem ◽  
Jamila Ben Souissi ◽  
Angel Pérez-Ruzafa
Keyword(s):  
Mediterranean Sea ◽  
Marine Biodiversity ◽  
Marine Waters ◽  
Central Mediterranean ◽  
Northern Tunisia ◽  
Strait Of Sicily ◽  
Central Mediterranean Sea ◽  
Region Data ◽  
First Time ◽  
New Occurrences

Tunisia occupies a strategic biogeographic position in the Mediterranean Sea and the Strait of Sicily is considered a biogeographical boundary that separates the eastern and western basins. Despite the importance of marine biodiversity in Tunisia, the few studies of Echinodermata fauna in this region data from long ago. In order to update and produce a validated checklist of the echinoderms that occur in northern Tunisia, a study of this phylum was carried out between 2012 and 2016. Forty-five species were inventoried and distributed into the five living Echinodermata classes (Crinoidea, Asteroidea, Ophiuroidea, Echinoidea and Holothuroidea). New occurrences of four species from Tunisian marine waters [Asterina pancerii (Gasco, 1876), Luidia atlantidea (Madsen, 1950), Ophiactis virens (Sars, 1859) and Leptopentacta tergestina (Sars, 1857)], are cited and discussed here for the first time.

Effects of Unplanned Development on Marine Biodiversity: A Lesson from Albania (Central Mediterranean Sea)

2011 ◽  
Vol 270 ◽  
pp. 106-115 ◽  
Author(s):  
Simonetta Fraschetti ◽  
Antonio Terlizzi ◽  
Giuseppe Guarnieri ◽  
Fausto Pizzolante ◽  
Paolo D'Ambrosio ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mediterranean Sea ◽  
Marine Biodiversity ◽  
Central Mediterranean ◽  
Central Mediterranean Sea ◽  
Unplanned Development

The impact of fisheries on vulnerable habitats: the case of trawling on circa-littoral grounds in the Strait of Sicily (central Mediterranean Sea)

2017 ◽  
Vol 13 (10) ◽  
pp. 1084-1094 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pierpaolo Consoli ◽  
Valentina Esposito ◽  
Manuela Falautano ◽  
Pietro Battaglia ◽  
Luca Castriota ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mediterranean Sea ◽  
Central Mediterranean ◽  
Strait Of Sicily ◽  
Central Mediterranean Sea ◽  
Vulnerable Habitats ◽  
The Impact

scholarly journals Remarks on Echinodermata from the South Central Mediterranean Sea based upon collections made during the MARCOS cruise (10 to 20th April, 2007)

2009 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 63 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. MIFSUD ◽  
M. TAVIANI ◽  
S. STOHR
Keyword(s):  
Mediterranean Sea ◽  
The South ◽  
Central Mediterranean ◽  
Management Zone ◽  
Maltese Islands ◽  
South Central ◽  
Central Mediterranean Sea ◽  
The Mediterranean ◽  
First Time ◽  
The Mediterranean Basin

The MARCOS cruise, which took place in the South Central Mediterranean Sea on board the RV ‘Urania’, resulted in the collection of 27 species of Echinodermata from shallow to bathyal depths, many from around Malta (the Fisheries Management Zone). The fauna is represented by common to rare taxa already reported from the Mediterranean with the exception of the amphi-Atlantic ophiuroid Ophiotreta valenciennesi rufescens (Koehler, 1896), recorded from the Mediterranean Basin for the first time. Odontaster mediterraneus (von Marenzeller, 1893) and Luidia sarsi Lutken, 1858 are also first records for the Maltese Islands.

scholarly journals Nurseries, spawning grounds and recruitment of Octopus vulgaris in the Strait of Sicily, central Mediterranean Sea

2010 ◽  
Vol 67 (7) ◽  
pp. 1363-1371 ◽  
Author(s):  
Germana Garofalo ◽  
Luca Ceriola ◽  
Michele Gristina ◽  
Fabio Fiorentino ◽  
Roberta Pace
Keyword(s):  
Mediterranean Sea ◽  
Environmental Parameters ◽  
Octopus Vulgaris ◽  
Northwestern Part ◽  
Central Mediterranean ◽  
Spawning Grounds ◽  
Strait Of Sicily ◽  
Central Mediterranean Sea ◽  
Distance Weighted ◽  
The Relationship

Abstract Garofalo, G., Ceriola, L., Gristina, M., Fiorentino, F., and Pace, R. 2010. Nurseries, spawning grounds and recruitment of Octopus vulgaris in the Strait of Sicily, central Mediterranean Sea. – ICES Journal of Marine Science, 67: 1363–1371. The presence of nursery and spawning grounds and the relationship between sea surface temperature (SST) and the abundance of juvenile O. vulgaris in the Strait of Sicily, central Mediterranean, are investigated using fishery-independent data (trawl surveys, 1994–2008). Annual distributions were generated for mature animals and juveniles for spring/summer (the peak spawning season) and autumn (peak recruitment) using an inverse distance weighted deterministic interpolation. Based on the persistence of abundant recruits and mature animals, respectively, nursery and spawning grounds were identified. The correlation between annual recruitment and SST during hatching and recruitment was also investigated. Concentrations of juveniles (nurseries) were located off the southwest coast of Sicily and in the central Strait of Sicily, including south of Lampedusa on the African shelf, but just one consistent concentration of mature animals (spawning grounds) was found in the northwestern part of the Strait. There was a significant positive correlation between recruitment and SST. Results are discussed in the light of environmental parameters, and a hypothesis on possible stock units in the area was developed. The direct and indirect effects of SST variation on the recruitment process were also examined.

scholarly journals A new record of a great white shark, Carcharodon carcharias(Chondrichthyes: Lamnidae) in the Strait of Sicily, Central Mediterranean Sea

2020 ◽  
Vol 61 (2) ◽  
pp. 231-238
Author(s):  
Danilo Scannella ◽  
Sergio Vitale ◽  
Federico Di Maio ◽  
Fabrizio Serena ◽  
Bruno Zava ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mediterranean Sea ◽  
White Shark ◽  
Central Mediterranean ◽  
Carcharodon Carcharias ◽  
Strait Of Sicily ◽  
Male Individual ◽  
Great White Shark ◽  
Central Mediterranean Sea ◽  
By Catch ◽  
Available Information

In November 2015 an immature male individual of great white shark, Carcharodon carcharias (Linnaeus 1758), was caught as by-catch by a bottom trawler in the Strait of Sicily, in the Central Mediterranean Sea. The shark, reaching 266 cm in length and weighing 290 Kg, was identified and measured by means of a video provided by fishers. This record is discussed considering the available information on the presence of the great white shark in the area and confirms the importance of the Strait of Sicily for the conservation of this vulnerable species.

Mercury levels in sediments of central Mediterranean Sea: A 150+ year record from box-cores recovered in the Strait of Sicily

Chemosphere ◽  
2006 ◽  
Vol 65 (11) ◽  
pp. 2366-2376 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rossella Di Leonardo ◽  
Giorgio Tranchida ◽  
Adriana Bellanca ◽  
Rodolfo Neri ◽  
Massimo Angelone ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mediterranean Sea ◽  
Central Mediterranean ◽  
Strait Of Sicily ◽  
Central Mediterranean Sea
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