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Long Term Interactions of Native and Invasive Species in a Marine Protected Area Suggest Complex Cascading Effects Challenging Conservation Outcomes

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Dimitriadis, Charalampos, Fournari-Konstantinidou, Ivoni, Sourbès, Laurent, Koutsoubas, Drosos, Katsanevakis, Stelios·2021·Diversity
DOI 10.3390/d13020071
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Understanding the interactions among invasive species, native species and marine protected areas (MPAs), and the long-term regime shifts in MPAs is receiving increased attention, since biological invasions can alter the structure and functioning of the protected ecosystems and challenge conservation efforts. Here we found evidence of marked modifications in the rocky reef associated biota in a Mediterranean MPA from 2009 to 2019 through visual census surveys, due to the presence of invasive species altering the structure of the ecosystem and triggering complex cascading effects on the long term. Low levels of the populations of native high-level predators were accompanied by the population increase and high performance of both native and invasive fish herbivores. Subsequently the overgrazing and habitat degradation resulted in cascading effects towards the diminishing of the native and invasive invertebrate grazers and omnivorous benthic species. Our study represents a good showcase of how invasive species can coexist or exclude native biota and at the same time regulate or out-compete other established invaders and native species.

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  • Invasive alien species can regress after an invasion phase, following a 'boom and bust' invasion pattern, as reported for Caulerpa cylindracea, C. taxifolia, L. lallemandii and S. schimperi.

    “Still, invasive alien species can regress after an invasion phase, following a so-called 'boom and bust' invasion pattern, as has been reported for Caulerpa cylindracea , C. taxifolia , L . lallemandii and S. schimperi (Iveša et al. 2006; Montefalcone et al. 2015; Dimitriadis et al. 2021; Santamaría 2021).”

    From Bioinvasion impacts on biodiversity, ecosystem services, and human health in the Mediterranean Sea (2022) · cites this paper as Dimitriadis et al. 2021

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Authors
Dimitriadis, C., Fournari-Konstantinidou, I., Sourbès, L., Koutsoubas, D., & Katsanevakis, S.
Affiliations
  • National Marine Park of Zakynthos, El. Venizelou 1, 29100 Zakynthos, Greece
  • University of the Aegean (GR)
Corresponding author
Dimitriadis, Charalampos
ORCID
Venue
Diversity
Publisher
MDPI AG
Published
2021-02-09
Volume
13
Issue
2
Pages
71
ISSN
1424-2818 (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.3390/d13020071
OpenAlex
W3128643454
Cited by
25
References
68
Citations by year
2026: 4 · 2025: 8 · 2024: 3 · 2023: 5 · 2022: 4 · 2021: 1
FWCI
1.33
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
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Locations
  • Diversity (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion, cc-by-sa)
Funders
IPA CBC Greece - Albania (5030943)
Topics
  • Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Global and Planetary Change › Marine Ecology and Invasive Species
  • Physical Sciences › Earth and Planetary Sciences › Oceanography › Marine Biology and Ecology Research
  • Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Nature and Landscape Conservation › Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
Keywords
invasive species, marine protected areas, cascading effects, tipping points, rocky reefs, top-down control, overgrazing, habitat degradation, native predators, benthic invertebrates, Mediterranean Sea, long-term ecological change, ecosystem structure

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