Project “Biodiversity MARE Tricase”: A Species Inventory of the Coastal Area of Southeastern Salento (Ionian Sea, Italy)
Biodiversity is a broad concept that encompasses the diversity of nature, from the genetic to the habitat scale, and ensures the proper functioning of ecosystems. The Mediterranean Sea, one of the world’s most biodiverse marine basins, faces major threats, such as overexploitation of resources, poll...
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| author | Valerio Micaroni Francesca Strano Fabio Crocetta Davide Di Franco Stefano Piraino Cinzia Gravili Fabio Rindi Marco Bertolino Gabriele Costa Joachim Langeneck Marzia Bo Federico Betti Carlo Froglia Adriana Giangrande Francesco Tiralongo Luisa Nicoletti Pietro Medagli Stefano Arzeni Ferdinando Boero |
| author_facet | Valerio Micaroni Francesca Strano Fabio Crocetta Davide Di Franco Stefano Piraino Cinzia Gravili Fabio Rindi Marco Bertolino Gabriele Costa Joachim Langeneck Marzia Bo Federico Betti Carlo Froglia Adriana Giangrande Francesco Tiralongo Luisa Nicoletti Pietro Medagli Stefano Arzeni Ferdinando Boero |
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| description | Biodiversity is a broad concept that encompasses the diversity of nature, from the genetic to the habitat scale, and ensures the proper functioning of ecosystems. The Mediterranean Sea, one of the world’s most biodiverse marine basins, faces major threats, such as overexploitation of resources, pollution and climate change. Here we provide the first multi-taxa inventory of marine organisms and coastal terrestrial flora recorded in southeastern Salento (Ionian Sea, Italy), realized during the project “Biodiversity MARE Tricase”, which provided the first baseline of species living in the area. Sampling was carried out by SCUBA and free diving, fishing gears, and citizen science from 0 to 70 m. Overall, 697 taxa were found between March 2016 and October 2017, 94% of which were identified to the species level. Of these, 19 taxa represented new records for the Ionian Sea (36 additional new records had been reported in previous publications on specific groups, namely Porifera and Mollusca Heterobranchia), and two findings represented the easternmost records in the Mediterranean Sea (<i>Helicosalpa virgula</i> and <i>Lampea pancerina</i>). For eight other taxa, our findings represented the only locality in the Ionian Sea, besides the Straits of Messina. In addition to the species list, phenological events (e.g., blooms, presence of reproductive traits and behaviour) were also reported, with a focus on gelatinous plankton. Our results reveal that even for a relatively well-known area, current biodiversity knowledge may still be limited, and targeted investigations are needed to fill the gaps. Further research is needed to understand the distribution and temporal trends of Mediterranean biodiversity and to provide baseline data to identify ongoing and future changes. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-d1fb21acc7c0473084d0710d159cd5862023-11-24T04:20:39ZengMDPI AGDiversity1424-28182022-10-01141190410.3390/d14110904Project “Biodiversity MARE Tricase”: A Species Inventory of the Coastal Area of Southeastern Salento (Ionian Sea, Italy)Valerio Micaroni0Francesca Strano1Fabio Crocetta2Davide Di Franco3Stefano Piraino4Cinzia Gravili5Fabio Rindi6Marco Bertolino7Gabriele Costa8Joachim Langeneck9Marzia Bo10Federico Betti11Carlo Froglia12Adriana Giangrande13Francesco Tiralongo14Luisa Nicoletti15Pietro Medagli16Stefano Arzeni17Ferdinando Boero18School of Biological Sciences, Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington 6140, New ZealandSchool of Biological Sciences, Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington 6140, New ZealandDepartment of Integrative Marine Ecology (EMI), Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn, Villa Comunale, 80121 Naples, ItalyInstitute for Ecology, Diversity and Evolution, Goethe University Frankfurt, 60325 Frankfurt am Main, GermanyDepartment of Biological and Environmental Sciences and Technologies-DiSTeBA, University of Salento, 73100 Lecce, ItalyDepartment of Biological and Environmental Sciences and Technologies-DiSTeBA, University of Salento, 73100 Lecce, ItalyDepartment of Life and Environmental Sciences, Polytechnic University of Marche, 60131 Ancona, ItalyDepartment for the Earth, Environment and Life Sciences, University of Genoa, 16132 Genoa, ItalyDepartment for the Earth, Environment and Life Sciences, University of Genoa, 16132 Genoa, ItalyConsorzio Nazionale Interuniversitario per le Scienze del Mare (CoNISMa), U.L.R di Lecce, Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences and Technologies-DiSTeBA, University of Salento, 73100 Lecce, ItalyConsorzio Nazionale Interuniversitario per le Scienze del Mare (CoNISMa), U.L.R di Lecce, Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences and Technologies-DiSTeBA, University of Salento, 73100 Lecce, ItalyDepartment for the Earth, Environment and Life Sciences, University of Genoa, 16132 Genoa, ItalyInstitute of Marine Sciences, National Research Council, 60125 Ancona, ItalyDepartment of Biological and Environmental Sciences and Technologies-DiSTeBA, University of Salento, 73100 Lecce, ItalyEnte Fauna Marina Mediterranea, Scientific Organization for Research and Conservation of Marine Biodiversity, 96012 Avola, ItalyItalian National Institute for Environmental Protection and Research, 00144 Rome, ItalyDepartment of Biological and Environmental Sciences and Technologies-DiSTeBA, University of Salento, 73100 Lecce, ItalyDepartment of Biological and Environmental Sciences and Technologies-DiSTeBA, University of Salento, 73100 Lecce, ItalyIstituto per lo Studio Degli Impatti Antropici e Sostenibilità in Ambiente Marino (IAS), Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Italy Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn, Villa Comunale, 80121 Naples, ItalyBiodiversity is a broad concept that encompasses the diversity of nature, from the genetic to the habitat scale, and ensures the proper functioning of ecosystems. The Mediterranean Sea, one of the world’s most biodiverse marine basins, faces major threats, such as overexploitation of resources, pollution and climate change. Here we provide the first multi-taxa inventory of marine organisms and coastal terrestrial flora recorded in southeastern Salento (Ionian Sea, Italy), realized during the project “Biodiversity MARE Tricase”, which provided the first baseline of species living in the area. Sampling was carried out by SCUBA and free diving, fishing gears, and citizen science from 0 to 70 m. Overall, 697 taxa were found between March 2016 and October 2017, 94% of which were identified to the species level. Of these, 19 taxa represented new records for the Ionian Sea (36 additional new records had been reported in previous publications on specific groups, namely Porifera and Mollusca Heterobranchia), and two findings represented the easternmost records in the Mediterranean Sea (<i>Helicosalpa virgula</i> and <i>Lampea pancerina</i>). For eight other taxa, our findings represented the only locality in the Ionian Sea, besides the Straits of Messina. In addition to the species list, phenological events (e.g., blooms, presence of reproductive traits and behaviour) were also reported, with a focus on gelatinous plankton. Our results reveal that even for a relatively well-known area, current biodiversity knowledge may still be limited, and targeted investigations are needed to fill the gaps. Further research is needed to understand the distribution and temporal trends of Mediterranean biodiversity and to provide baseline data to identify ongoing and future changes.https://www.mdpi.com/1424-2818/14/11/904species listchecklistbenthosgelatinous planktontemperate mesophotic ecosystemscitizen science |
| spellingShingle | Valerio Micaroni Francesca Strano Fabio Crocetta Davide Di Franco Stefano Piraino Cinzia Gravili Fabio Rindi Marco Bertolino Gabriele Costa Joachim Langeneck Marzia Bo Federico Betti Carlo Froglia Adriana Giangrande Francesco Tiralongo Luisa Nicoletti Pietro Medagli Stefano Arzeni Ferdinando Boero Project “Biodiversity MARE Tricase”: A Species Inventory of the Coastal Area of Southeastern Salento (Ionian Sea, Italy) Diversity species list checklist benthos gelatinous plankton temperate mesophotic ecosystems citizen science |
| title | Project “Biodiversity MARE Tricase”: A Species Inventory of the Coastal Area of Southeastern Salento (Ionian Sea, Italy) |
| title_full | Project “Biodiversity MARE Tricase”: A Species Inventory of the Coastal Area of Southeastern Salento (Ionian Sea, Italy) |
| title_fullStr | Project “Biodiversity MARE Tricase”: A Species Inventory of the Coastal Area of Southeastern Salento (Ionian Sea, Italy) |
| title_full_unstemmed | Project “Biodiversity MARE Tricase”: A Species Inventory of the Coastal Area of Southeastern Salento (Ionian Sea, Italy) |
| title_short | Project “Biodiversity MARE Tricase”: A Species Inventory of the Coastal Area of Southeastern Salento (Ionian Sea, Italy) |
| title_sort | project biodiversity mare tricase a species inventory of the coastal area of southeastern salento ionian sea italy |
| topic | species list checklist benthos gelatinous plankton temperate mesophotic ecosystems citizen science |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/1424-2818/14/11/904 |
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