Journal
MEDITERRANEAN MARINE SCIENCE
Volume 23, Issue 1, Pages 196-+Publisher
NATL CENTRE MARINE RESEARCH
DOI: 10.12681/mms.29106
Keywords
alien species; Mediterranean; established taxa
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This study undertakes a significant revision of the non-indigenous species list in the Mediterranean Sea, with 14 species being removed and the total number of validated NIS approaching 1000. Mollusca have the highest diversity among established and casual NIS. Between 2011 and 2021, 42% of newly reported species were established.
Using a 2010 review of non-indigenous species (NIS) reported in the Mediterranean Sea as a baseline, this study undertakes a paramount revision of the non-indigenous species list in the region up to December 2021, re-evaluating the established, casual and failed introduction events of over 1366 taxa. In the light of new data and expert judgement, 14 species have been removed from the established list of the Mediterranean Sea inventory. The total number of validated NIS is close to 1000-751 established taxa and 242 casual taxa -while 23 species are considered as failed introduction. The rest are tagged as cryptogenic (58 taxa), questionable (70 taxa) or excluded (223 taxa). Mollusca have the highest diversity among established and casual NIS (230 taxa), followed by Pisces and Crustacea with 173 and 170 NIS respectively. The changes in establishment status reveal an accelerated rate of establishment (13%) between January 2020 and December 2021 ( 6% yearly), compared to an establishment rate of 27% in the period 2011-2021 (<3% yearly). This increased establishment success is more pronounced in Crustacea (47%) and Pisces (43%) than in Polychaeta (27%) and phytobenthos (30%). In the period 2011-2021, 42% of the newly reported species were established (149 out of 352). On a shorter timescale, out of 79 new species reported in the period 2020-2021, 17 NIS (21.5%) have already established, a well above the 10% of invasion on establishment success for Mediterranean marine NIS.
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