PROGRAMME
Thursday 22 September 2022
14:00-14:15
Opening of the Symposium
14:15-14:30
Keynote conference : "Refined and updated Non-Indigenous Species baselines for
the Mediterranean Sea at the national, sub-regional and national level in the context
of the Barcelona Convention’s Integrated Monitoring and Assessment Programme
(IMAP)" by Marika GALANIDI, AISSI M., ALI M., BAKALEM A.,
BARICHE M., BARTOLO A., BAZAIRI H., BEQIRAJ S., BILECENOĞLU
M., BUGEJA M., CARBONELL A., CASTRIOTA L., CHALABI A., ÇINAR
M.E., DRAGIČEVIĆ B., DULČIĆ J., EL HAWEET A., FARRAG M., GALIL
B., GUERIN L., HYAMS-KAPHZAN O., KAPEDANI R., KAMBERI E., LIVI
S., MASSE C., MAVRIČ B., OUERGHI A., PETOVIC S., PNG-GONZALEZ
L., RIZZO M., ROMDHANE M.S., SHENKAR N., SHAKMAN E., YAHYAOUI A.,
YOKEŞ M., ZENETOS A.
Session 1:
The ecology of NIS and their biological associations
Chair: Ernesto AZZURRO, Rapporteur: Mehdi AISSI
14:30-14:45
"Lessepsian migration and parasitism: Atypical history of introduction" by
Wiem BOUSSELLAA, DERBEL H., NEIFAR L.
14:45-15:00
"A transplant experiment to test the biotic resistance in native fouling
communities to bioinvasion" by Jasmine FERRARIO, TAMBURINI M., LO
VULLO M., OCCHIPINTI-AMBROGI A.
15:00-15:15
"An early invasion interrupted by a tsunami: the case of Amphistegina lobifera
(Foraminifera) in Malta, Central Mediterranean Sea" by Nicoletta MANCIN,
GUASTELLA R., CARLTON J. T., COBIANCHI M., EVANS J., CAPOTONDI
L., LANGONE L., MARCHINI A.
15:15-15:30
Discussion
Session 2:
Tracking the occurrence and distribution of NIS
Chair: Marika GALANIDI, Rapporteur: Asma YAHYAOUI
15:30-15:45
"The levant - A hotspot, a beachhead and a dispersal hub of marine alien
species" by Bella S. GALIL, MENACHEM G.
15:45-16:00
"Status of the Atlantic blue crab Callinectes sapidus Rathbun, 1896 in Tunisian
waters (Central Mediterranean)" by Olfa BEN ABDALLAH, BEN HADJ
HAMIDA N., LABNI M.A., MISSAOUI H.
16:00-16:15
Coffee break
16:15-16:30
"Assessment of sessile benthos in marinas of greece with a focus on NonIndigenous Species" by Ioannis RALLIS, DIGENIS M., GEROVASILEIOU V.,
GRATSIA E., CHATZIGEORGIOU G.
2nd Mediterranean Symposium on the Non-Indigenous Species (Genoa, Italy, 22-23 September 2022)
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Thursday 22 September 2022
14:00-14:15
Opening of the Symposium
14:15-14:30
Keynote conference : "Refined and updated Non-Indigenous Species baselines for
the Mediterranean Sea at the national, sub-regional and national level in the context
of the Barcelona Convention’s Integrated Monitoring and Assessment Programme
(IMAP)" by Marika GALANIDI, AISSI M., ALI M., BAKALEM A.,
BARICHE M., BARTOLO A., BAZAIRI H., BEQIRAJ S., BILECENOĞLU
M., BUGEJA M., CARBONELL A., CASTRIOTA L., CHALABI A., ÇINAR
M.E., DRAGIČEVIĆ B., DULČIĆ J., EL HAWEET A., FARRAG M., GALIL
B., GUERIN L., HYAMS-KAPHZAN O., KAPEDANI R., KAMBERI E., LIVI
S., MASSE C., MAVRIČ B., OUERGHI A., PETOVIC S., PNG-GONZALEZ
L., RIZZO M., ROMDHANE M.S., SHENKAR N., SHAKMAN E., YAHYAOUI A.,
YOKEŞ M., ZENETOS A.
Session 1:
The ecology of NIS and their biological associations
Chair: Ernesto AZZURRO, Rapporteur: Mehdi AISSI
14:30-14:45
"Lessepsian migration and parasitism: Atypical history of introduction" by
Wiem BOUSSELLAA, DERBEL H., NEIFAR L.
14:45-15:00
"A transplant experiment to test the biotic resistance in native fouling
communities to bioinvasion" by Jasmine FERRARIO, TAMBURINI M., LO
VULLO M., OCCHIPINTI-AMBROGI A.
15:00-15:15
"An early invasion interrupted by a tsunami: the case of Amphistegina lobifera
(Foraminifera) in Malta, Central Mediterranean Sea" by Nicoletta MANCIN,
GUASTELLA R., CARLTON J. T., COBIANCHI M., EVANS J., CAPOTONDI
L., LANGONE L., MARCHINI A.
15:15-15:30
Discussion
Session 2:
Tracking the occurrence and distribution of NIS
Chair: Marika GALANIDI, Rapporteur: Asma YAHYAOUI
15:30-15:45
"The levant - A hotspot, a beachhead and a dispersal hub of marine alien
species" by Bella S. GALIL, MENACHEM G.
15:45-16:00
"Status of the Atlantic blue crab Callinectes sapidus Rathbun, 1896 in Tunisian
waters (Central Mediterranean)" by Olfa BEN ABDALLAH, BEN HADJ
HAMIDA N., LABNI M.A., MISSAOUI H.
16:00-16:15
Coffee break
16:15-16:30
"Assessment of sessile benthos in marinas of greece with a focus on NonIndigenous Species" by Ioannis RALLIS, DIGENIS M., GEROVASILEIOU V.,
GRATSIA E., CHATZIGEORGIOU G.
2nd Mediterranean Symposium on the Non-Indigenous Species (Genoa, Italy, 22-23 September 2022)
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