CLIMATE CHANGE: SEA INVADER CAULERPA TAXIFOLIA TAKING OVER THE MEDITERRANEAN! by www.ecocorfu.gr

[quadrunner706]

just put some tangs in there problem solved!?

[xelance]

my father, Greig Peters, helped to form the Southern California Caulerpa Action Team. They successfully eradicated the caulerpa taxifolia in the agua hedionda lagoon and huntington harbor in June 2006. Thank you for this video, it shows just how important the eradication of Caulerpa was to the ecosystem in California. My father passed away in November, 2001 at the young age of 55, and didnt get to see the successful eradication, but his name & efforts as an environmental specialist will live on!

[EcoCorfu]

Well, It is a Ballast Water problem!

Climate change just makes it serius and tends to globalize it.

Please, first, see our video response above (full story to AUG 2009). It explains a bit better the situation. Second, please conduct the University of Marine Ecology of Dubrovnik. They will give you all the evidence that show that the theory you keep repeating was proven to be wrong long time ago. Thank you very much anyway :-) Please read again everything carefully.

[alpacks]

caulerpa taxifolia is not a climate change problem ... i know, because this plague's sea was begining in france : my country ...

by error probably of the oceanographic museum of Monaco which has incidentally by evacuation of waters surplus of museum's basins !

caulerpa is a Caribbean seaweed, but nobody in oceanographic museum and biologist thinked she can become acclimated in mediterranean sea with her winter, soft winter ok, but winter nonetheless ...

[alpacks]

however she have achieving its acclimation in north meditheranean sea (french cost, the most cold party with 10-12°c water in winter, 18-27°c in summer (28° unusually)

with 10-12°c waters in winter it"s a proof of no climate change problem with this seaweed : but an acclimation problem !

if caulerpa was just a climate change problem, the sea in french riviera in winter would be has + of 20°c in winter, but it's wrong, waters are always 10-12°c in winter in france ...

[EcoCorfu]

Well, It is a Ballast Water problem!

Climate change just makes it serius and tends to globalize it.

Please, first, see our video with tags " Caulerpa Taxifolia marine invasion part1 ecocorfu ". It explains a bit better the situation. Second, please conduct the University of Marine Ecology of Dubrovnik. They will give you all the evidence that show that the theory you keep repeating was proven to be wrong long time ago. Thank you very much anyway :-) Please read again everything carefully.

[caulerpaking]

eventually nature will take care of it probably a new species of tang mine love the stuff it might just take 10000 years or so

[EcoCorfu]

Well, yes, but the expertises say that everything is possible to happen. The only answer we can give to the question of "marine invaders" cases is "we simply do not know and cannot predict anything, as the data actually changes every day". As Dr Benovic said, It will normally take from 150 years and much more, for the invaded marine eco systems to regain the ecologic equilibrium. And this, ONLY and IF we stop NOW all the things that combined all together are causing the phenomenon to occur.

[VocalVerve]

By far one of the scariest videos on YouTube.

[frontliner2]

CAULERPA TAXIFOLIA wins

[EcoCorfu]

Nature has the ability ro REJECT organisms that belong to different climates, till a certain level, of course. Repetition of introduction of new spores, is what causes these big, and really dangerous for the stability of marine eco-systems, invasions. The spores that are brought and released around the Ports, come within the "Ballast water" of the big ship that curry mostly petroil. Ballast Water is actually the "enemy".

[EcoCorfu]

Nooooo!!! This is what was believed at start, but isn't the real cause. According to Dr Βenovic, continuous REPETΙTION is needed in order to provoke an invasion. Without repetition, you can't have invasions. If this was true, then the whole planet would have been invaded by all kind of species.

[devintubeman]

This taxifolia was caused by someone dumping old aquarium water that had the algae in it. into the sea, according to the science channel.

[EcoCorfu]

I dont know! I guess its the raw recording, while shooting of this video. Can enyone please tell what it could be?

[Lexusspeed]

whats that continous beep?.........

[caulerpaqueen]

Where was this video taken?

[EcoCorfu]

The video was taken in Bisevo Island, Croatia. It's a very small island 5 miles southwest of Komiza village of Vis island. The case was presented in conferences in Greece at the end of January 2008, by Dr Adam Benovic, Oceanographic Univercity of Dubrovnic, senior researcher on invader species, prof of marine ecology and environmental protection. It is the second kelp that is endangering Mediterranean sea: The first one, Undaria Pinnatifida, has done a lot of damage too, originated from Japan.