Did the Red Sea – Mediterranean connection over the Dead Sea Fault Zone end in the Late Pliocene?

Merıç, Engin; Öner, Ertuğ; Avşar, Niyazi; Nazik, Atike; Güneyli, Hakan; Islamoğlu, Yeşim; Yokeş, Mehmet Baki; Dinçer, Feyza

doi:10.1016/j.quaint.2015.08.067

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“…One of the most invasive alien foraminifer species, Amphistegina lobifera , was found in the core materials from Mersin (Turkey), dated back to 227.3 ± 17.8, ka BP [ 46 ]. Some Indo-Pacific foraminifer species were also found together with the Mediterranean species in the Quaternary sediments collected from the Asi River (Orontes) Delta [ 47 ]. It was suggested that these species might have been introduced to the Eastern Mediterranean much before the opening of the Suez Canal.…”

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Current status (as of end of 2020) of marine alien species in Turkey

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Bilecenoğlu

Yokeş³

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The 2020’s update of marine alien species list from Turkey yielded a total of 539 species belonging to 18 taxonomic groups, 404 of which have become established in the region and 135 species are casual. A total of 185 new alien species have been added to the list since the previous update of 2011. The present compilation includes reports of an ascidian species (Rhodosoma turcicum) new to the marine fauna of Turkey and range extensions of six species. Among the established species, 105 species have invasive characters at least in one zoogeographic region, comprising 19% of all alien species. Mollusca ranked first in terms of the number of species (123 species), followed by Foraminifera (91 species), Pisces (80 species) and Arthropoda (79 species). The number of alien species found in seas surrounding Turkey ranged from 28 (Black Sea) to 413 (Levantine Sea). The vectoral importance of the Suez Canal diminishes when moving from south to north, accounting for 72% of species introductions in the Levantine Sea vs. only 11% of species introductions in the Black Sea. Most alien species on the coasts of Turkey were originated from the Red Sea (58%), due to the proximity of the country to the Suez Canal. Shipping activities transported 39% of alien species, mainly from the Indo-Pacific area (20%) and the Atlantic Ocean (10%). Misidentified species (such as Pterois volitans, Trachurus declivis, etc.) and species those classified as questionable or cryptogenic were omitted from the list based on new data gathered in the last decade and expert judgements. The documented impacts of invasive species on socio-economy, biodiversity and human health in the last decade as well as the legislation and management backgrounds against alien species in Turkey are presented.

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Current status (as of end of 2020) of marine alien species in Turkey

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Bilecenoğlu

Yokeş³

et al. 2021

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“…Furthermore, during the Middle-Late Pliocene, an eastern Mediterranean-Red Sea connection was established through the Gulf of Aqaba on the Dead Sea Fault Zone (Popov et al, 2006). Meriç et al (2016) showed that this connection was maintained until the Late Pleistocene, and therefore offers another possible explanation for the large abundance of cosmopolitan fish in the eastern Mediterranean. It may also explain the complete extinction of typical Miocene-Pliocene species that had remained until that time, whose extant closest relatives however are not found today in the Mediterranean, such as…”

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