Learning to cope with the spread of non-native species in the Mediterranean
More than 900 non-indigenous species have already been identified in the Mediterranean Sea. And the number is only expected to increase.
Climate change is helping non-native species move further north in the Mediterranean as water temperatures rise.
As they spread, so does concern about their effect on marine ecosystems and the local fishing communities whose livelihoods depend on them.
"The majority of these species may have a negative impact on the ecosystem since they could occupy the ecological niche of the indigenous species," said Marouene Bdioui, a researcher at Tunisia's National Institute of Marine Sciences and Technologies.
组 织: FAO
年份: 2024
国家: Italy, Tunisia
地理范围: 欧洲及中亚, 近东及北非
类别: 博文
内容语言: English