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- Title
Is Turkey ready to face with lionfish (Pterois spp.) invasion?
- Authors
Bilecenoğlu, Murat
- Abstract
Turkey has long been subjected to intensive alien species introductions, owing to its proximity to the Suez Canal and dense maritime traffic taking place through the Turkish Straits System. Although Turkey has experienced numerous cases of marine invasions, some of which led severe consequences, precautionary measures taken so far were rather insufficient to successfully practice prevention, early detection and mitigation of impacts of noxious invaders. Given the sudden introduction of lionfish (Pterois spp.) to the Mediterranean Sea ecosystems, Turkey has doubtlessly to be more prepared than ever for a potential invasion process. In order to find out a satisfactory answer to whether Turkey is currently ready to face with lionfish invasion or not, existing information related to various aspects of invasion biology (i.e. national policies, management strategies, available relevant databases) were briefly analyzed.
- Subjects
SUEZ Canal (Egypt); PTEROIS miles; INTRODUCED fishes; MARINE biological invasions; FISHERY management; TURKISH Straits (Turkey)
- Publication
Journal of the Black Sea / Mediterranean Environment, 2017, Vol 23, Issue 1, p75
- ISSN
1304-9550
- Publication type
Article