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Biodiversity Monitoring Along the Israeli Coast of the Mediterranean - Activities and Accumulated Data Israel Oceanographic and Limnological Research Contribution Biodiversity monitoring along the Israeli coast of the Mediterranean - activities and accumulated data Israel Oceanographic and Limnological Research contribution Israel Oceanographic and Limnological Research (IOLR) חקר ימים ואגמים לישראל IOLR report H19/2013 חקר ימים ואגמים לישראל בע"מ .Israel Oceanographic & Limnological Research Ltd תל-שקמונה, ת"ד 8030, חיפה Tel-Shikmona, P.O.B. 8030, Haifa 31080 פקס : Fax: 972-4-8511911 טלפון : Tel: 972-4-8565200 http://www.ocean.org.il Biodiversity monitoring along the Israeli coast of the Mediterranean - IOLR’s activities and accumulated data IOLR Report H19/2013 By (alphabetic order) Galil Bella, Gertman Isaac, Gordon Nurit, Herut Barak, Israel Alvaro, Lubinevsky Hadas, Rilov Gil, Rinkevich Buki, Tibor Gideon and Tom Moshe April 2013 2 חקר ימים ואגמים לישראל בע"מ .Israel Oceanographic & Limnological Research Ltd תל-שקמונה, ת"ד 8030, חיפה Tel-Shikmona, P.O.B. 8030, Haifa 31080 פקס : Fax: 972-4-8511911 טלפון : Tel: 972-4-8565200 http://www.ocean.org.il Executive summary This report summarizes IOLR’s contribution to monitoring the biodiversity of the Mediterranean marine environment neighboring the Israeli coastline. The report is aimed at outlining the scope of activities that were carried out at IOLR during the last two decades in the contest of the biodiversity in the Mediterranean coast of Israel. These activities are ongoing at present resulting with data and organized datasets, as well as scientific publications. Above 600 scientific papers related to the issue were published in the last 120 years (many by non-Israeli scientists), about 240 of them with the participation of IOLR and the former Sea Fisheries Research Station scientists. The status and trends of biodiversity along the Israeli coast of the Mediterranean is out of the scope of this report. The accomplishment and further development of the bioecological database would enable comprehensive long-term biodiversity analysis. The biotic composition along the Israeli coast of the Mediterranean has experienced continuous radical alterations in the last three centuries resulting from ecological and bio-geographic changes caused by intensive anthropogenic interference, radically affecting biodiversity, in addition to natural, not necessarily identified causes. The opening of the Suez Canal, the damming of the Nile River and the fast urbanization along the Mediterranean coast of Israel, has been affecting immensely the local biota. Major terrestrial-borne stressors involved the heedless development along the coast, including industrial and domestic sewage outflow and industrial installations. Intensive fishing is another major culprit for the changes in species diversity and abundance. Recently, deep-water drilling for oil and gas has been started, having their potential impact on the deep water biota. For the coming years it is envisaged that anthropogenic activities in the Israeli Mediterranean marine realm may intensify the detrimental impacts. Continuous multi-annual biotic and oceanographic monitoring is an absolute necessity for identifying these major changes in biodiversity, understanding their reasons and implementing preventive measures, when necessary. During the last 23 years, in the framework of compliance and targeted projects, IOLR has made continuous biotic monitoring efforts, pursued by ecological analyses and experimentation. Changes in the biotic composition and ecological trends have been observed and documented, efforts that are being continued and intensified at present. Better methodologies that are being constantly developed or introduced from external sources, aim at 3 improving the data acquisition and analytical systems. In view of the planned anthropogenic activities, the outcome of past studies and on-going research activities are being integrated into a framework, which would permit multi-annual comparisons and better prediction of future changes, for improved marine governance. The effects of global changes will be analyzed as well. Future policies will also be conforming to the European Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD; DIRECTIVE 2008/56/EC) and the Barcelona convention-related protocol. Observations and studies on biodiversity along the Mediterranean coasts of Israel have initiated during the 1890s, broadened by numerous studies of Israeli scientists as well as by scientists from abroad. Many of the earliest ecological studies related to the various Israeli Mediterranean habitats were conducted in Israeli universities. However, the major contribution to the biodiversity state-of- the-art in the Israeli Mediterranean Sea has been performed by scientists from the Fisheries Research Station at Haifa, founded by the Jewish Agency, later appended to the Israeli Ministry of Agriculture, and lastly became the IOLR. From its foundation (1967) and primarily in the last 23 years, much work has been performed at IOLR on the Israeli Mediterranean biodiversity (see summarizing table). Hundreds of publications (scientific articles, dissertations and IOLR reports) have been archived at IOLR library including very rare ones. This report summarizes this contribution according to three major habitats: benthic soft substrates biota, benthic hard substrates biota and plankton. Cross-habitat activities are the development of molecular taxonomy tools to enable easier monitoring of the ever-changing biotic composition and the construction of a bio-geographical-ecological web-connected database. A scientific topic of importance in the Israeli coast of the Mediterranean is the bio-invasion which got specific attention. IOLR’s activities, abilities and available data are detailed in the full report below. An important aspect of the studies done by IOLR is continuity. Being a governmental entity we are committed to a multi-annual and continuous investigation of biodiversity along the coasts of Israel. 4 Biodiversity monitoring – summary of activities accomplished by IOLR in the last 23 years Infauna soft Epifauna soft Tidal Rocky Parameters Plankton substrate substrate platforms reefs Years 1992-2013 1991-2013 2009-2013 2010-2013 2002-2013 Water depth range [m] 1-1500 5-1570 Tidal zone 2-34 3-60 No. of sampled sites 1078 299 11 9 312 *No. of sampled taxa a 310 a 203 72 b 50; c 172 d 540 Indices of activity e 3,336,542 e 295,665 f 3893 g 255 capacity *General comment: not all specimens were identified to the species level (see Barcoding section for more detailed discussion). a No. of taxa sampled from soft substrate, b No. of sampled “live” rocks, c No. of taxa identified from the “live” rocks, d No. of sampled plankton species. Specimens < 15 um were not identified, e No. of sampled specimens, f No. of intertidal quadrants, g No. of sub-tidal transects accomplished through diving. Soft bottom – The soft substrate monitoring consists of intensive sampling and analysis over more than twenty years across depths ranging from coastal waters to the abyss. Two highlights of this activity are: (a) the long-term novel investigation of the abyssal benthos, accomplished by a special deep water trawl, has revolutionized the perception of the deep water fauna of the Israeli coast of the Mediterranean. (2) The multi-annual sampling of infauna, a faunal component which had been studied very little along our Mediterranean coasts and offshore waters. Prominent part of the faunistic aspects of these studies had already been published but a considerable body of crude data is still archived in IOLR. Hard bottom – The hard bottom of the Israeli coast of the Mediterranean is located in the intertidal zone or completely submerged in waters of various depths. The intertidal plates were studied during the last decades of the 20th century, while the submerged reefs have been poorly explored, with the exception of several intensively studied species. Since 2009, the ongoing intensive research on both types of substrates, has already amassed remarkable body of data and analyses .The relative complexity of this habitat and its various morphological appearances required the development and implementation of a variety of evaluation methods aimed at specific fractions of the biota. These included counting of biotic species along transects in quadrants, visual inspection of more motile species while moving along larger areas assisted by scooters, sampling of hard substrate, and 5 analyzing it in the laboratory. A variety of methods and facilities have been employed, including manual counting, photography, and several technical sampling procedures for chiseling rocks assisted by pneumatic equipment. Study of the submerged reefs was done through diving. The highlights of this study are the multi-annual monitoring and ecological study of the intertidal zone, better documentation of the biota, ecological insight into the recently occurring habitat changes and laying the foundation for better follow-up of future changes. The second topic has been the study on the submerged reefs, down to 35 m depth. Most of the study has been carried out in Haifa Bay with its two types of hard substrate, the Carmel limestone and the sandstone (kurkar) ridges. This study has resulted in a much broader inventory of the biota and its spatial and temporal distribution, which is being analyzed at present (see relationships with the molecular taxonomy below). Plankton - mainly phytoplankton has been studied since 2001 on annual basis, aiming at identifying algal species associated with harmful blooms and algal responses to eutrophication, used as biomarkers of anthropogenic
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