Journal
MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN
Volume 147, Issue -, Pages 98-116Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2018.04.004
Keywords
Adriatic Sea; BALMAS; Non-indigenous species; Port Baseline Biological Survey; Seaweeds
Funding
- IPA Adriatic Cross-Border Cooperation Programme - strategic project Ballast Water Management System for Adriatic Sea Protection (BALMAS) [pr BALMAS 1degrees str./0005]
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One of the objectives of the BALMAS project was to conduct Port Baseline Biological Surveys of native and non-indigenous benthic flora in 12 Adriatic ports. Samples of macroalgae growing on vertical artificial substrates were collected in spring and autumn 2014 and/or 2015. A total number of 248 taxa, 152 Rhodophyta, 62 Chlorophyta, and 34 Ochrophyta, were identified. Of these, 13 were non-indigenous seaweeds, mainly filamentous macroalgae, that were probably introduced through hull fouling. Some of these taxa had already been described in the study areas, others were recorded for the first time, a few were no longer detected at sites where they had previously been recorded (e.g. Sargassum muticunt). Some other NISS reported for the Adriatic Sea, were not collected at any sampling site (i.e. Caulerpa cylindracea, Codium fragile). Possible reasons for the absence of these species are discussed.
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