Abstract
The present paper reports the first finding of two gastropod species, Aporrhais pespelecani and Turritella communis in the north-western part of the Black Sea more than 500 km north from the edge of their native range (the Bosphorus Strait). The possible role of different hydrological factors in a spread of the species range, their perspective influence on the local demersal community and probable vectors of dissemination are discussed.
| Original language | English |
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| Article number | e119 |
| Number of pages | 7 |
| Journal | Marine Biodiversity Records |
| Volume | 6 |
| Early online date | 19 Nov 2013 |
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| Publication status | Published - 2013 |
Bibliographical note
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTSResearch was carried out under the framework of research activities funded by the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine and as a contribution to the European FP7 project No. 226740 EnviroGrids (Building Capacity for a Black Sea Catchment Observation and Assessment System Supporting Sustainable Development) and No. 287600 PERSEUS ‘Policy-oriented marine Environmental Research for the Southern European Seas’. We thank the staff of the Regional Centre for Integrated Environmental Monitoring and Ecological Studies of the Odesa National Mechnikov University for field sampling and observations at the marine research station ‘Zmiinyi Island’ and two anonymous referees for their valuable comments and suggestions.
Keywords
- Aporrhais pespelecani
- Turritella communis
- north-western part of the Black Sea
- global warming
- mediterranization