ALien Biotic IndEX (ALEX) - A new index for assessing impacts of alien species on benthic communities

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dc.contributor.authorCinar, Melih Ertan
dc.contributor.authorBakir, Kerem
dc.date.accessioned2019-10-27T22:12:41Z
dc.date.available2019-10-27T22:12:41Z
dc.date.issued2014
dc.departmentEge Üniversitesien_US
dc.description.abstractBiotic indices are mainly aimed at assessing levels of deterioration caused by chemical or organic pollution. However, no biotic index to date has been developed to detect impacts of alien species on benthic communities. In this paper, a new biotic index, namely ALEX, is proposed to address the objectives of the Water Framework Directive and was tested in Mersin Bay (Levantine Sea, Turkey). Species were divided into four biogeographic groups, namely native species, casual species, established species and invasive species, and the metric considers the relative importance of these groups in samples. The index classified the ecological status of some stations which are shallow, and close to harbor and river mouths as bad or poor in February and October. The ALEX values were positively and significantly correlated with total nitrogen, silicate and silt percentage in sediment, and negatively correlated with depth and the distance from the harbor. (C) 2014 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipTUBITAK ProjectTurkiye Bilimsel ve Teknolojik Arastirma Kurumu (TUBITAK) [SINHA 107G066]en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipWe are grateful to Dr Suleyman Tugrul, Saim Cebe, Esabil Kakac, and Pinar Kulekci (Middle East Technical University, Institute of Marine Sciences, Mersin, Turkey) for physico-chemical analysis of water and sediment, and to colleagues at the Department of Hydrobiology, Ege University for their help in identifying some of the species. This work was financially supported by a TUBITAK Project (SINHA 107G066).en_US
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.marpolbul.2014.07.061en_US
dc.identifier.endpage179en_US
dc.identifier.issn0025-326X
dc.identifier.issn1879-3363
dc.identifier.issue01.Feben_US
dc.identifier.pmid25125285en_US
dc.identifier.scopusqualityQ1en_US
dc.identifier.startpage171en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2014.07.061
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11454/49552
dc.identifier.volume87en_US
dc.identifier.wosWOS:000343951800035en_US
dc.identifier.wosqualityQ1en_US
dc.indekslendigikaynakWeb of Scienceen_US
dc.indekslendigikaynakScopusen_US
dc.indekslendigikaynakPubMeden_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherPergamon-Elsevier Science Ltden_US
dc.relation.ispartofMarine Pollution Bulletinen_US
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanıen_US
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccessen_US
dc.subjectAlien speciesen_US
dc.subjectBiotic indexen_US
dc.subjectImpacts of alien speciesen_US
dc.subjectBenthic communitiesen_US
dc.subjectEastern Mediterraneanen_US
dc.titleALien Biotic IndEX (ALEX) - A new index for assessing impacts of alien species on benthic communitiesen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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