{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"submitter":["Karachle PK"],"funding":["NRSF 2017-2020"],"pagination":["1625"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC9687294"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["11(11)"],"pubmed_abstract":["The Mediterranean Sea (MED) is prone to species' introductions, induced by human activities and/or climate change. Recent studies focus on the biological traits that result in such introductions, yet on a single-area-type approach. Here, we used, analyzed, and compared biological traits derived from FishBase for MED, non-indigenous (NIS) and neonative (NEO) in the Mediterranean, and adjacent Atlantic (ATL) and Red Sea (RS) species. A quantitative trait-based analysis was performed using random forest to determine the importance of traits in the successful establishment in the Mediterranean. MED fishes were mainly demersal, slow growing and small-medium sized, preferring intermediate temperatures. Conversely, ATL were mainly deep-dwelling species, preferring low temperatures. RS and NIS were predominantly reef-associated, thermophilus, and stenothermic. NEO species were stenothermic with preference to intermediate-high temperatures. Omnivores with preference to animals was the most common trophic group among regions. MED species exhibited higher phylogenetic uniqueness (PD<sub>50</sub>) compared to RS and NIS, indicating that they have long ancestral branches and few descendants. Preferred temperature, habitat type preference and maximum reported length (L<sub>max</sub>) and infinite length (L<sub>inf</sub>) were the most important predictors in the establishment process. Overall, the results presented here could serve as a baseline for future research, especially by using more refined and/or additional biological trail estimates."],"journal":["Biology"],"pubmed_title":["Can Biological Traits Serve as Predictors for Fishes' Introductions, Establishment, and Interactions? The Mediterranean Sea as a Case Study."],"pmcid":["PMC9687294"],"funding_grant_id":["MIS: 5049511"],"pubmed_authors":["Pantazi M","Zenetos A","Karachle PK","Stergiou KI","Oikonomou A"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Can Biological Traits Serve as Predictors for Fishes' Introductions, Establishment, and Interactions? The Mediterranean Sea as a Case Study.","description":"The Mediterranean Sea (MED) is prone to species' introductions, induced by human activities and/or climate change. Recent studies focus on the biological traits that result in such introductions, yet on a single-area-type approach. Here, we used, analyzed, and compared biological traits derived from FishBase for MED, non-indigenous (NIS) and neonative (NEO) in the Mediterranean, and adjacent Atlantic (ATL) and Red Sea (RS) species. A quantitative trait-based analysis was performed using random forest to determine the importance of traits in the successful establishment in the Mediterranean. MED fishes were mainly demersal, slow growing and small-medium sized, preferring intermediate temperatures. Conversely, ATL were mainly deep-dwelling species, preferring low temperatures. RS and NIS were predominantly reef-associated, thermophilus, and stenothermic. NEO species were stenothermic with preference to intermediate-high temperatures. Omnivores with preference to animals was the most common trophic group among regions. MED species exhibited higher phylogenetic uniqueness (PD<sub>50</sub>) compared to RS and NIS, indicating that they have long ancestral branches and few descendants. Preferred temperature, habitat type preference and maximum reported length (L<sub>max</sub>) and infinite length (L<sub>inf</sub>) were the most important predictors in the establishment process. Overall, the results presented here could serve as a baseline for future research, especially by using more refined and/or additional biological trail estimates.","dates":{"release":"2022-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2022 Nov","modification":"2024-11-20T03:56:35.039Z","creation":"2024-11-20T03:56:35.039Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC9687294","cross_references":{"pubmed":["36358326"],"doi":["10.3390/biology11111625"]}}