The Introduced Green Alga Caulerpa Taxifolia Continues to Spread in the Mediterranean

Authors: Meinesz A.¹; Belsher T.²; Thibaut T.³; Antolic B.⁴; Mustapha K.B.⁵; Boudouresque C-F.⁶; Chiaverini D.³; Cinelli F.⁷; Cottalorda J-M.³; Djellouli A.⁸; El Abed A.⁴; Orestano C.⁹; Grau A.M.¹⁰; Ivesa L.¹¹; Jaklin A.¹¹; Langar H.¹²; Massuti-Pascual E.¹⁰; Peirano A.¹³; Tunesi L.¹⁴; de Vaugelas J.³; Zavodnik N.¹¹; Zuljevic A.⁴

Source: Biological Invasions, Volume 3, Number 2, 2001 , pp. 201-210(10)

Publisher: Springer

Abstract:

The tropical green alga Caulerpa taxifolia in the Mediterranean has spread steadily since its introduction in 1984. At the end of 2000, approximately 131 km^2 of benthos had been colonized in 103 independent areas along 191 km of coastline in six countries (Spain, France, Monaco, Italy, Croatia and Tunisia). Large regions neighboring the invaded areas appear favorable to further colonization, and there is thus no reason to believe that spreading will slow down in the years to come.

Keywords: benthic survey; Caulerpa taxifolia; introduced species; invasive species; Mediterranean Sea

Language: English

Document Type: Regular paper

Affiliations: 1: Laboratoire Environnement Marin Littoral, Université de Nice-Sophia Antipolis, 06108 Nice Cedex 2, France; Author for correspondence (e-mail: meinesz@unice.fr; fax: +33-4-92076849) 10: Conselleria d'Agricultura i Pesca, C/. dels Foners, 10, 07006 Palma de Mallorca, Spain 11: Laboratory for Ecology and Systematics, Center for Marine Research, Obala Giordano Paliaga 5, 52210 Rovinj, Croatia 12: Dipartimento di Scienze dell'Uomo e dell'Ambiente, Università di Pisa, Via A. Volta, 6, 56121 Pisa, Italy 13: ENEA Ente per le Nuove Technologie, l'Energia e l'Ambiente, Centro Ricerche Ambiente Marino, C.P. 224, 19100 La Spezia, Italy 14: ICRAM Central Institute for Applied Marine Research, via di Casalotti, 300, 00166 Rome, Italy 2: IFREMER, Centre de Brest, Département d'Ecologie côtière, BP 70, 29280 Plouzané Cedex, France 3: Laboratoire Environnement Marin Littoral, Université de Nice-Sophia Antipolis, 06108 Nice Cedex 2, France 4: Laboratory of Benthos, Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries, I. Mestrovica 63, 21000 Split, P.P. 500, Croatia 5: Institut National des Sciences et des Technologies de la mer (INSTM) 2025 Salammbô Tunisia 6: Centre d'Océanologie de Marseille, UMR CNRS 6540, Campus de Luminy, 13288 Marseille Cedex 9, France 7: Dipartimento di Scienze dell'Uomo e dell'Ambiente, Università di Pisa, Via A. Volta, 6, 56121 Pisa, Italy 8: Faculté des Sciences de Tunis, Campus Universitaire, 1060 Tunis, Tunisia 9: Laboratorio di Ecologia Acquatica, Dipartimento di Scienze Botaniche, Università degli studi di Palermo, Via Archirafi, 38, 90123, Palermo, Italy

Publication date: 2001-01-01

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• By this author: Meinesz A. ;  Belsher T. ;  Thibaut T. ;  Antolic B. ;  Mustapha K.B. ;  Boudouresque C-F. ;  Chiaverini D. ;  Cinelli F. ;  Cottalorda J-M. ;  Djellouli A. ;  El Abed A. ;  Orestano C. ;  Grau A.M. ;  Ivesa L. ;  Jaklin A. ;  Langar H. ;  Massuti-Pascual E. ;  Peirano A. ;  Tunesi L. ;  de Vaugelas J. ;  Zavodnik N. ;  Zuljevic A.

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