An Alien Invader is the Cause of Homogenization in the Recipient Ecosystem: A Simulation-Like Approach
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Biotic homogenization is an expected effect of biological invasions. Invasive alien species typically show great adaptability to a wide range of environmental conditions and may expand into different habitats, thus reducing the dissimilarity among the recipient communities. We tested this assumption by analyzing a comprehensive database (78 species × 229 samples) collected between 2012 and 2017 in the marine protected area of Portofino (NW Italy), where Caulerpa cylindracea, one of the worst invaders in the Mediterranean Sea, exhibits high substratum cover at depths between 1 m and 45 m in 14 different communities (identified according to the European Nature Information System EUNIS for habitat classification). Five samples for each of the eight depth zones (i.e., 5 m, 10 m, 15 m, 20 m, 25 m, 30 m, 35 m, and 40 m) were randomly re-sampled from the comprehensive database to produce a dataset of 67 species × 40 samples. Then, a second dataset of 66 species × 40 samples was simulated by excluding Caulerpa cylindracea. Both re-sampled datasets underwent multivariate analysis. In the presence of C. cylindracea, the overall similarity among samples was higher, thus indicating homogenization of the rocky reef communities of Portofino Marine Protected Area. Continued monitoring activity is needed to understand and assess the pattern and extent of C. cylindracea’s inclusion in the recipient ecosystems.
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In many cases, an impoverished homogeneous state has spread within the Mediterranean basin through the spread and dominance of some alien structural ecosystem engineers.
“In many cases, an impoverished homogeneous state has been spread within the Mediterranean basin, through the spread and dominance of some alien structural ecosystem engineers (Navarro-Barranco et al. 2018; Morri et al. 2019).”
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- Authors
- Morri, C., Montefalcone, M., Gatti, G., Vassallo, P., Paoli, C., & Bianchi, C. N.
- Affiliations
- University of Genoa (IT)
- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (FR)
- University of Pisa (IT)
- Corresponding author
- Morri, Carla
- Venue
- Diversity
- Publisher
- MDPI AG
- Published
- 2019-08-26
- Volume
- 11
- Issue
- 9
- Pages
- 146
- ISSN
- 1424-2818 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2969510874
- Cited by
- 37
- References
- 98
- Citations by year
- 2026: 6 · 2025: 5 · 2024: 3 · 2023: 8 · 2022: 7 · 2020: 6 · 2019: 2
- FWCI
- 1.93
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- gold
- doi.org
- Licence
- Locations
- Diversity (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- HAL (submittedVersion, cc-by)
- DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion, cc-by-sa)
- CINECA IRIS Institutial Research Information System (University of Genoa) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
- Oskar-Bordeaux (Universite de Bordeaux) (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Global and Planetary Change › Marine Ecology and Invasive Species
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Nature and Landscape Conservation › Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
- Physical Sciences › Earth and Planetary Sciences › Oceanography › Marine and coastal plant biology
- Keywords
- biotic homogenization, biological invasions, invasive species, Caulerpa cylindracea, community similarity, Mediterranean Sea, depth zones, habitat classification
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