Travaux du Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle “Grigore Antipa” 62(2): 175-183, doi: 10.3897/travaux.62.e49074
Wild Pacific oyster Magallana gigas (Thunberg, 1793) populations in Romanian Black Sea waters – friend or foe?
Ana-Maria Krapal‡, Marin Ioniță§, Mihaela Caplan§, Elena Buhaciuc-Ioniț㧇 Muzeul National de Istorie Naturala "Grigore Antipa", Bucuresti, Romania§ “Natura‑Z” Research and Education Society for Biodiversity Conservation, Constanta, Romania
Corresponding author: Ana-Maria Krapal ( ana.krapal@antipa.ro ) Academic editor: Ionuț Ștefan Iorgu © Ana-Maria Krapal, Marin Ioniță, Mihaela Caplan, Elena Buhaciuc-Ioniță. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
Citation:
Krapal A-M, Ioniță M, Caplan M, Buhaciuc-Ioniță E (2019) Wild Pacific oyster Magallana gigas (Thunberg, 1793) populations in Romanian Black Sea waters – friend or foe? Travaux du Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle “Grigore Antipa” 62(2): 175-183. https://doi.org/10.3897/travaux.62.e49074 |  |
Abstract
A relatively small population of Magallana gigas was discovered near the Agigea harbor (Constanța, Romania) in 2017. The DNA barcoding method was used to confirm the morphological identification of the species. We consider this colony to be the first instance of a possibly stable Pacific oyster population in the Black Sea, outside of farming activities. The possible impact on native ecosystems is briefly discussed.
Keywords
benthic ecosystems, climate change, Crassostrea gigas, DNA barcoding, ecological niche, feral populations, invasive species