The Aegean Sea Environment : The Biodiversity of the Natural System

• Autore: Anagnostou Christos L
• Pubblicazione: Cham : , : Springer International Publishing AG, , 2024; ©2024
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (418 pages)
• Altri autori: KostianoyAndrey G MariolakosIlias D PanayotidisPanayotis SoilemezidouMarina TsaltasGrigoris
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- Contents -- Part I: Life in the Land-Air-Sea Transition Zones -- Transitional Ecosystems Along the Aegean Sea Coastline of Greece -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Distribution of Transitional Ecosystems Along the Aegean Sea Coastline of Continental Greece -- 3 Description per Transitional Ecosystem Type -- 3.1 Coastal Marshes -- 3.2 Coastal Lagoons -- 3.2.1 Nestos Lagoons -- 3.2.2 Porto-Lagos and Rhodope Lagoons -- 3.3 River Mouths-Estuaries -- 3.4 River Deltas -- 3.4.1 Evros Delta -- 3.4.2 Nestos Delta -- 3.4.3 Axios-Loudias-Aliakmon Wetland Complex -- 3.4.4 Pineios Delta -- 3.4.5 Spercheios Delta -- 4 Conclusions -- References -- Coastal Habitats in the Aegean Sea: Soft Bottom, Seagrasses, and Hard Bottom -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Benthic Life in the Photic Zone of the Aegean Sea -- 2.1 The Supralittoral Zone -- 2.2 The Mediolittoral Zone -- 2.3 Infralittoral (Sublittoral) Zone -- 2.3.1 Rocky Bottoms -- 2.3.2 Sandy Bottoms -- 2.3.3 Muddy Bottoms -- 2.4 The Circalittoral Zone -- 3 Conclusion -- References -- Seabirds of the Aegean -- 1 Seabirds, Sea Wanderers Between Land and Sea -- 2 Seabirds in the Aegean -- 2.1 Breeding Seabirds -- 2.2 Other Breeding Seabirds (Laridae & -- Sternidae) -- 2.3 Non-breeding Seabirds: Migration and Overwintering -- 3 Threats to Seabirds in the Aegean -- 3.1 Fisheries -- 3.1.1 Bycatch in Fishing Gear -- 3.1.2 Changes in Prey Availability: Overfishing -- 3.2 Invasive Species -- 3.3 Pollution -- 3.4 Disturbance -- 3.5 Renewable Energy -- 3.6 Climate Change -- 4 Marine Protected Areas and Seabirds -- 5 Conclusions -- Appendix 1: Protection Status of Seabirds in the Aegean in Taxonomic Order -- Appendix 2: Breeding Seabirds Phenology -- References -- Part II: Life in the Sea Water Masses -- Microbial Life in the Aegean Sea -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Heterotrophic Bacteria -- 3 Coccoid Cyanobacteria -- 4 Viruses. ; 5 Extreme Environments -- 6 Protists -- 7 Future Perspectives -- References -- Phytoplankton Dynamics in the Aegean Sea -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Methodology -- 3 Results and Discussion -- 3.1 Chlorophyll a Distribution -- 3.2 Primary Production and Carbon Assimilation by Phytoplankton -- 3.3 Size Structure and Productivity of Phytoplankton Communities -- 3.4 Carbon Assimilation Efficiency and Ecosystem Functioning -- 4 Conclusions -- References -- Mesozooplankton Dynamics in the Aegean Sea -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Methodology -- 3 Results and Discussion -- 3.1 Spatial and Seasonal Variability of Mesozooplankton Standing Stock -- 3.2 Community Composition -- 3.3 Influence of Hydrology -- 3.4 Copepod Size Structure and Functional Groups -- 3.5 Mesozooplankton Vital Rates and the Aegean Pelagic Food Web -- 3.5.1 Production -- 3.5.2 Respiration -- 3.5.3 Feeding -- 3.5.4 The Pelagic Food Web and the Role of Mesozooplankton -- 4 Conclusion and Perspectives -- References -- The Fish Fauna in the Hellenic Seas with Emphasis to the Aegean Sea -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Specificities of the Hellenic Seas -- 2.1 Climate Change and Temperature of Hellenic Seas -- 2.2 Geomorphological and Oceanographic Features -- 3 Fish Biology in Hellenic Seas -- 4 Fish Fauna of the Hellenic Seas -- 4.1 Biogeographical Fish Fauna Areas in the Aegean Sea -- 4.1.1 The North Aegean Sea -- 4.1.2 The Central Aegean Sea -- 4.1.3 The South Aegean Sea -- 5 Correlation the Aegean Sea and Ionian Sea Fish Fauna -- 6 Conclusions -- References -- Current State of Knowledge and Conservation Perspectives on the Cetaceans of the Aegean Sea -- 1 Historical Context of Cetology in the Aegean Sea -- 2 What Makes This Sea Suitable for Cetaceans? -- 3 Regular Species and Rare Occurrences -- 4 Threats, Conservation, and Important Areas -- 5 Recommendations for Future Research -- 6 Conclusions -- Annex. ; References -- The Mediterranean Monk Seal (Monachus monachus) in the Aegean Sea. ``The Living Myth of the Sirens´´ -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Mediterranean Monk Seal, a Brief Species Profile -- 2.1 Classification -- 2.2 Distribution: Historical and Modern -- 2.3 Biology -- 2.4 Habitat and Ecology -- 2.4.1 Terrestrial Habitat -- 2.4.2 Marine Habitat -- 2.5 Social Behavior -- 3 Threats -- 3.1 Fisheries-Related Threats -- 3.1.1 Deliberate Killing -- 3.1.2 Accidental Entanglement -- 3.1.3 Overfishing -- 3.2 Pupping Habitat Degradation -- 3.2.1 Tourism -- 3.2.2 Coastal Development -- 3.2.3 Pollution -- 3.3 Stochastic Natural Events -- 3.4 Climate Change -- 4 The Importance of the Aegean Sea for the Survival of the Species -- 5 Conservation Priorities and the Future of the Mediterranean Monk Seal -- References -- Sea Turtles in the Aegean Sea -- 1 Sea Turtles: The Magnificent Creatures -- 2 Protection Frameworks in the Aegean -- 3 Nesting Sites -- 4 Foraging Grounds -- 5 Threats -- 6 Conservation -- References -- Part III: Benthic Flora and Fauna in the Aegean Sea -- Seascape of Soft Bottom Benthic Communities in the Aegean Sea -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Characteristics of Soft Bottom Benthic Communities Inhabiting Different Habitats/Ecosystems of the Aegean Sea -- 2.1 Transitional Ecosystems -- 2.2 Ports -- 2.3 Aquaculture -- 2.4 Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) -- 2.5 Seagrasses -- 3 Study Approaches to Soft Bottom Benthic Communities -- 3.1 Biological Diversity and Quality Indices -- 3.2 Functional Diversity -- 3.3 Genetic Diversity and Environmental DNA (eDNA) Metabarcoding -- 4 Conclusions -- References -- Seaweed Flora and Vegetation of the Aegean Sea -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Historical Overview -- 3 Seaweed Flora -- 3.1 Seaweed Taxa -- 3.2 Alien Seaweed Species in the Aegean Sea -- 4 Seaweed Vegetation -- 5 Conclusions -- References. ; Benthic Meiofauna in the Aegean Sea -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Spatial Meiobenthic Distribution -- 2.1 Horizontal Patterns -- 2.2 Vertical Patterns -- 2.3 Bathymetric Distribution Patterns in Standing Stocks -- 3 Temporal Patterns of Meiofauna -- 4 Meiofauna Diversity and Community Structure -- 4.1 Major Taxa -- 4.2 Nematoda -- 4.3 Copepoda -- 4.4 Other Taxa -- 5 Environmental Drivers of Meiobenthic Patterns -- 6 A Note on Foraminifera -- 7 Trends, Gaps and Challenges -- References -- Microbial Benthic Communities in the Aegean Sea -- 1 Introduction -- 2 From Sanger to Next-Generation Sequencing -- 3 Microbial Diversity in the Aegean Sea -- 3.1 Coastal and Deep Sea -- 3.2 Extreme Environments: Santorini Volcanic Complex -- 4 Functional Diversity in the Aegean Sea -- 5 The Value of Microbes: Genetic Resources and Nagoya Protocol -- References -- Part IV: Future Research for the Functioning of the Aegean Sea System -- Biological Invasions in the Aegean Sea: Temporal Trends, Pathways, and Impacts -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Identity of Alien Species in the Aegean Sea -- 3 Pathways and Trends in New Introductions -- 4 Impacts: Worst Invasives -- 4.1 Invasive Fish -- 4.1.1 The Rabbitfish Siganus rivulatus Forsskål and Niebuhr, 1775 and Siganus luridus (Rüppell, 1829) (Siganidae) -- 4.1.2 The Bluespotted Cornetfish Fistularia commersonii Rüppell, 1838 (Fistulariidae) -- 4.1.3 The Puffer Fish Lagocephalus sceleratus (Gmelin, 1788) (Tetraodontidae) -- 4.1.4 The Lionfish Pterois miles (Bennett, 1828) (Scorpaenidae) -- 4.2 Invasive Macroalgae -- 4.2.1 Caulerpa cylindracea Sonder (Chlorophyta, Bryopsidales) -- 4.2.2 Codium fragile (Suringar) Hariot (Chlorophyta, Bryopsidales) -- 4.2.3 Stypopodium schimperi (Kützing) Verlaque and Boudouresque (Phaeophyceae, Dictyotales) -- 4.2.4 Asparagopsis taxiformis (Delile) Trevisan de Saint-Léon (Rhodophyta, Bonnemaisoniales). ; 4.2.5 Womersleyella setacea (Hollenberg) R.E. Norris (Rhodophyta, Ceramiales) -- 4.3 Other (Potentially) Invasive Species -- 5 Management Measures: Legislation -- 5.1 The Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD) -- 5.2 The EU Regulation 1143/2014 (IAS Regulation) -- 5.3 Prevention and Pathways Management -- 5.4 Horizon Scanning of Future Invasions -- 5.5 Contribution by Citizen Science -- 5.6 Future Steps and Priorities -- Annex 1 -- References -- Overview of the Actual Knowledge on the Functioning of the Aegean Sea Natural System and Perspectives for the Future Research -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The Main Characteristics of the Functioning of the Aegean Sea Natural System -- 2.1 Geodiversity of the Natural System (Book I) -- 2.1.1 The Geological Dynamics and Evolution -- 2.1.2 The Land-Sea Interaction: The Coastal System -- 2.1.3 The Air-Sea Interaction -- 2.1.4 The Water Masses and the Sea Bottom -- 2.2 Biodiversity of the Natural System (Book II) -- 2.2.1 Life in the Land-Air-Sea Transition Zones -- 2.2.2 Life in the Seawater Masses and the Benthic Flora and Fauna -- 3 Identifying Existing Gaps in the Knowledge and the Need for More Research of the Aegean Sea System -- 4 Projection to the Future: Crucial Questions for Future Research -- References.
• Titolo autorizzato: The Aegean Sea Environment
• ISBN: 9783031594151; 9783031594144
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910872189503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: The Handbook of Environmental Chemistry Series