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ArticleBiology2023

Using Local Ecological Knowledge to Search for Non-Native Species in Natura 2000 Sites in the Central Mediterranean Sea: An Approach to Identify New Arrivals and Hotspot Areas.

Patrizia Perzia, Tiziana Cillari, Giuseppe Crociata, Alan Deidun, Manuela Falautano, Giulio Franzitta, Johann Galdies, Teresa Maggio, Pietro Vivona, Luca Castriota

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Article in Biology, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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4citing papers in PubMed
1.8field-weighted citation impact, top 16% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed, 11 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Patrizia PerziaUnit for Conservation Management and Sustainable Use of Fish and Marine Resources, Department for the Monitoring and Protection of the Environment and for the Conservation of Biodiversity, Italian Institute for Environmental Protection and Research, Lungomare Cristoforo Colombo 4521 (Ex Complesso Roosevelt), Località Addaura, 90149 Palermo, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-6143-349X
Tiziana CillariUnit for Conservation Management and Sustainable Use of Fish and Marine Resources, Department for the Monitoring and Protection of the Environment and for the Conservation of Biodiversity, Italian Institute for Environmental Protection and Research, Lungomare Cristoforo Colombo 4521 (Ex Complesso Roosevelt), Località Addaura, 90149 Palermo, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-6423-9684
Giuseppe CrociataUnit for Conservation Management and Sustainable Use of Fish and Marine Resources, Department for the Monitoring and Protection of the Environment and for the Conservation of Biodiversity, Italian Institute for Environmental Protection and Research, Lungomare Cristoforo Colombo 4521 (Ex Complesso Roosevelt), Località Addaura, 90149 Palermo, Italy.
Alan DeidunOceanography Malta Research Group (OMRG), Department of Geosciences, Faculty of Science, University of Malta Tal-Qroqq Campus, MSD 2080 Msida, Malta.ORCID 0000-0002-6919-5374
Manuela FalautanoUnit for Conservation Management and Sustainable Use of Fish and Marine Resources, Department for the Monitoring and Protection of the Environment and for the Conservation of Biodiversity, Italian Institute for Environmental Protection and Research, Lungomare Cristoforo Colombo 4521 (Ex Complesso Roosevelt), Località Addaura, 90149 Palermo, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-7844-665X
Giulio FranzittaDepartment of Research Infrastructure for Marine Biological Resources, Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn, Via Giardini Molosiglio, 80133 Naples, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-4162-3506
Johann GaldiesOceanography Malta Research Group (OMRG), Department of Geosciences, Faculty of Science, University of Malta Tal-Qroqq Campus, MSD 2080 Msida, Malta.ORCID 0000-0001-6022-360X
Teresa MaggioUnit for Conservation Management and Sustainable Use of Fish and Marine Resources, Department for the Monitoring and Protection of the Environment and for the Conservation of Biodiversity, Italian Institute for Environmental Protection and Research, Lungomare Cristoforo Colombo 4521 (Ex Complesso Roosevelt), Località Addaura, 90149 Palermo, Italy.
Pietro VivonaUnit for Conservation Management and Sustainable Use of Fish and Marine Resources, Department for the Monitoring and Protection of the Environment and for the Conservation of Biodiversity, Italian Institute for Environmental Protection and Research, Lungomare Cristoforo Colombo 4521 (Ex Complesso Roosevelt), Località Addaura, 90149 Palermo, Italy.
Luca CastriotaUnit for Conservation Management and Sustainable Use of Fish and Marine Resources, Department for the Monitoring and Protection of the Environment and for the Conservation of Biodiversity, Italian Institute for Environmental Protection and Research, Lungomare Cristoforo Colombo 4521 (Ex Complesso Roosevelt), Località Addaura, 90149 Palermo, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-3349-9501
Istituto Superiore per la Protezione e la Ricerca Ambientale · ITUniversity of Malta · MTStazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn · IT

Funding

Interreg V-A Italia-Malta Project - C1- 3.1-31, HARMONY "Italo-Maltese harmonization for a good state of the environment: integrity of the seabed and interaction with invasive species to preserve the functioning of marine ecosystems". C1-3.1-31
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The management of biological invasions is among the most urgent of global challenges and requires a significant monitoring effort to obtain the information needed to take the appropriate decisions. To complement standard monitoring, citizen science is increasingly being used. Within citizen science, the approach of collecting and investigating Local Ecological Knowledge (LEK) proved to be useful in the monitoring of non-native species. A LEK survey was carried out in 10 Sicilian and Maltese Natura 2000 sites in order to help in the early detection of non-native species. The survey was addressed to local fishers and SCUBA divers in order to investigate the occurrence of 24 selected marine non-native species and to identify potential hotspot areas of invasion through the use of six indicators: the occurrence of newly introduced nonindigenous species, the cumulative impacts of invasive alien species (CIMPAL) and the relative importance of species on the cumulative impacts (D1, D2, D3, and D4). The respondents confirmed the presence of 22 species since the year 2000 and reported 10 new ones registered in the investigated areas. The highest CIMPAL value was observed in two Sicilian Natura 2000 sites (ITA090028 and ITA040014) and the lowest on the western coast of Malta (MT0000101, MT0000102, MT0000103, and MT0000104) The four top-priority species according to indicators D1-D4 were

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Caulerpa spp.CIMPALcitizen sciencecumulative impactLocal Ecological Knowledgemarine nonindigenous speciesSiganus spp.

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PMID37759558
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