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DNA barcoding reveals cryptic diversity, taxonomic conflicts and novel biogeogr...
Neiva, J.; Bermejo, Ricardo; Medrano, Alba; Capdevila, Pol; Milla-Figueras, David; Afonso, Pedro; Ballesteros, Enric; Sabour, Brahim; Serio, DonatellaCystoseira sensu lato (s.l.) - encompassing the genera Cystoseira sensu stricto (s.s.), Ericaria and Gongolaria - is a diverse group of forest-forming brown macroalgae endemic to the warm-temperate North-east Atlantic. These algae have immense biogeographic and ecological significance and have been experiencing recent regional declines. Most Cystoseira s.l. display important morphological plasticity and can be ...
The invasive Atlantic blue crab Callinectes sapidus Rathbun, 1896 expands its d...
Chaouti, Abdellatif; Belattmania, Zahira; Nadri, Amal; Serrao, Ester; Encarnação, João; Teodosio, Maria; Reani, Abdeltif; Sabour, BrahimThe occurrence of the exotic Atlantic blue crab Callinectes sapidus Rathbun, 1896 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Portunidae) is reported for the first time from the Moroccan Atlantic coast. Working with local fishermen, we gathered 160 records of the Atlantic blue crab from several estuarine, coastal and marine areas, in the period between June and August 2021. These new records confirm its establishment in the Atlantic...
Record of the first Pleonexes species (Crustacea: Amphipoda: Ampithoidae) in Mo...
Kaid, Soukaina; Chaouti, Abdellatif; Mateus, M.; Belattmania, Zahira; Serrao, Ester; Engelen, Aschwin H.; Reani, Abdeltif; Sabour, BrahimThe ampithoid amphipod crustacean Pleonexes gammaroides Spence Bate, 1857 is reported from Morocco (northeastern Atlantic Ocean) for the first time, where it is the only representative of the genus Pleonexes Spence Bate, 1857 so far. Specimens were collected from the upper fringe of the infralittoral zone (including low intertidal) of El Jadida coastline associated with the holdfasts of the kelp Saccorhiza poly...
Population level variation in reproductive development and output in the golden...
Strasser, Fiona-Elaine; Barreto, Luis M.; Kaidi, Soukaina; Sabour, Brahim; A, Serrão; Pearson, Gareth; Martins, NeusaThermal tolerance is often interpreted as a species-wide thermal niche in the absence of studies focusing on the adaptive potential of populations to exhibit differential thermal tolerance. Thus, considering intraspecific thermal plasticity, local adaptation or both between populations along distributional gradients when interpreting and predicting species responses to warming is imperative. Removing the effect...
Spatiotemporal patterns of phenology of the alien Phaeophyceae Sargassum muticu...
Elatouani, Samir; BELATTMANIA, ZAHIRA; Kaidi, Soukaina; Engelen, Aschwin; Serrao, Ester; Chaouti, Abdellatif; REANI, Abdeltif; Sabour, BrahimThe present study focused on the dynamics of the phenology and life cycle of the Phaeophyceae invader Sar-gassum muticum at three sites on the Atlantic coast of Morocco over a period of two years (2013 and 2014). The results showed that S. muticum has two distinct growth phases; one with slower growth in winter followed by one with faster growth in spring-early summer, when the species exhibited high elongation...
Lipophilic toxins occurrence in non-traditional invertebrate vectors from North...
Silva, Marisa; Rodríguez, Inés; Barreiro, Aldo; Kaufmann, Manfred; Neto, Ana Isabel; Hassouani, Meryem; Sabour, Brahim; Alfonso, Amparo; Botana, Luis M.In the last decades, due to monitoring programs and strict legislation poisoning incidents occurrence provoked by ingestion of naturally contaminated marine organisms has decreased. However, climate change and an thropogenic interference contributed to the expansion and establishment of toxic alien species to more temperate ecosystems. In this work, the coasts of Madeira, São Miguel islands and the northwestern...
Lipophilic toxins occurrence in non-traditional invertebrate vectors from North...
Silva, Marisa; Rodríguez, Inés; Barreiro, Aldo; Kaufmann, Manfred; Neto, Ana I.; Hassouani, Meryem; Sabour, Brahim; Alfonso, Amparo; Botana, Luis M.In the last decades, due to monitoring programs and strict legislation poisoning incidents occurrence provoked by ingestion of naturally contaminated marine organisms has decreased. However, climate change and anthropogenic interference contributed to the expansion and establishment of toxic alien species to more temperate ecosystems. In this work, the coasts of Madeira, São Miguel islands and the northwestern ...
Spatiotemporal variation of the epifaunal assemblages associated to Sargassum m...
Belattmania, Zahira; Chaouti, Abdellatif; Engelen, Aschwin; Serrao, Ester; Machado, Margarida; Reani, Abdeltif; Sabour, BrahimEpifaunal assemblages inhabiting the non-indigenous macroalga Sargassum muticum (Yendo) Fensholt were investigated on two physically distinct intertidal rocky (S1) and sandy (S2) sites along the Atlantic coast of Morocco. The objective of this study was to test whether the habitat-forming marine alga S. muticum invasive in these sites supported different epifaunal assemblages under different environmental condi...
Tetrodotoxins occurrence in non-traditional vectors of the north atlantic water...
Silva, Marisa; Rodríguez, Inés; Barreiro, Aldo; Kaufmann, Manfred; Neto, Ana Isabel; Hassouani, Meryem; Sabour, Brahim; Alfonso, Amparo; Botana, Luis M.Tetrodotoxin (TTX) is a potent alkaloid typically from tropical ecosystems, but in the last decade its presence has been more pronounced in the temperate waters of the Atlantic. In its last scientific opinion, the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) stressed the need for data regarding TTX prevalence in European waters. To address EFSA’s concerns, benthic organisms such as mollusks, crustaceans, echinoderms a...
A baseline assessment of beach macrolitter and microplastics along northeastern...
Velez, Nadja; Zardi, Gerardo, I; Lo Savio, Roberto; McQuaid, Christopher D.; Valbusa, Ugo; Sabour, Brahim; Nicastro, KatyMarine litter is widely dispersed throughout coastal environments. Assessing the distribution and accumulation of such contaminants is crucial to understand their environmental impacts. This study presents a baseline for the monitoring of litter and microplastics in intertidal sediments along the Atlantic shores of southern Portugal and Morocco and identifies potential sources of contamination. Although variabl...