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Macrozoobenthos in the Adriatic Sea ports: Soft-bottom communities with an overview of non-indigenous species.

The present paper is a contribution to the first initiative of the Port Baseline Survey (PBS) for Non-indigenous species (NIS) in the Mediterranean Sea. It presents a report on the soft-bottom macrobenthos from the five Adriatic ports: Bari, Ancona (Italy), Koper (Slovenia), Pula, Rijeka (Croatia), with a focus on the presence and contribution of NIS to native assemblages. Out of 451 species identified, only four were common for all ports. Total of eight NIS was recorded, five in surveyed ports and three in the lagoon connected to the Port of Koper. The highest number and abundance of NIS was recorded in Bari, and Ancona and Bari. Generally, the number, abundance and contribution of NIS seems too low, to cause a substantial impact on native communities in surveyed ports. The suitability of methods adopted for PBS for soft-bottom NIS was discussed and suggestion for methodological improvement is provided.

macrozoobenthos ; soft-bottom community ; ports ; non-indigenous species ; NIS ; Adriatic Sea ; Mediterranean

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