RT Journal Article
T1 Updating the national baseline of non-indigenous species in Spanish marine waters
A1 Png-Gonzalez, Lydia
A1 Comas-González, Robert
A1 Calvo-Manazza, Matías
A1 Follana-Berná, Guillermo
A1 Ballesteros, Enric
A1 Díaz-Tapia, Pilar
A1 M. Falcón, Jesús
A1 García-Raso, José Enrique
A1 Gofas, Serge
A1 González-Porto, Marcos
A1 López, Eduardo
A1 Ramos-Esplá, Alfonso A.
A1 Velasco, Eva
A1 Carbonell, Aina
K1 Fauna marina - España
K1 Biología Marina - España
K1 Especies exóticas invasoras - España
AB The introduction of new non-indigenous species (NIS) in Spanish marine waters is addressed under Descriptor 2 of the European Union’s Marine Strategy Framework Directive. National baseline inventories of NIS have been compiled and updated for the three subregions (Western Mediterranean Sea, WMED; Bay of Biscay–Iberian Coast, ABI; Macaronesia, AMA) with data from 1800 to 2021. An overall of 574 species were identified with an alien, cryptogenic, crypto-expanding, or debatable status, mostly invertebrates (~65%) and primary producers (~22%). Of 412 alien species, 80.51% were reported in ABI, 67.82% in WMED, and 66.67% in AMA. Cryptogenic species are more abundant in the WMED (25.25%), compared to AMA (19.77%) and ABI (18.46%). ABI harbors more established species (62.56%) than AMA (45.2%) and WMED (43.56%), contrary to casual records (AMA 31.64%, WMED 23.76%, ABI 13.85%). Invasive species are more abundant (14.36%) in WMED. The ‘transport-stowaway’ pathway accounted for 142 (79.33%), 123 (67.58%), and 169 (85.21%) records in WMED, ABI, and AMA, respectively. The second most common pathway was ‘transport-contaminant’ related to mariculture (~10% of the total), prevalently in ABI with 42 species (23.08%). The Canary Islands stand out for species introduced through oil platforms from throughout the world. ‘Unaided’ was a relevant pathway of secondary introduction into the WMED, particularly of Lessepsian species progressing westwards. Temporal trends in newly introduced species show similar behavior among subregions.
PB MDPI
YR 2023
FD 2023-05-05
LK https://hdl.handle.net/10630/27032
UL https://hdl.handle.net/10630/27032
LA eng
NO Png-Gonzalez L, Comas-González R, Calvo-Manazza M, Follana-Berná G, Ballesteros E, Díaz-Tapia P, Falcón JM, García Raso JE, Gofas S, González-Porto M, et al. Updating the National Baseline of Non-Indigenous Species in Spanish Marine Waters. Diversity. 2023; 15(5):630. https://doi.org/10.3390/d15050630
NO This research was funded by Ministerio para la Transición Ecológica y el Reto Demográfico, grant number 11_MM_ESMARES2. The APC was funded by the ESMARES2-C3 project.Partial funding for open access charge: Universidad de Málaga
DS RIUMA. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Málaga
RD 21 ene 2026