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      <journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">102</journal-id>
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        <journal-title xml:lang="en">ARPHA Preprints</journal-title>
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        <publisher-name>Pensoft Publishers</publisher-name>
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      <article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.3897/arphapreprints.e160546</article-id>
      <article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">160546</article-id>
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        <subj-group subj-group-type="heading">
          <subject>Research Article</subject>
        </subj-group>
        <subj-group subj-group-type="biological_taxon">
          <subject>Chordata</subject>
          <subject>Invertebrata</subject>
          <subject>Plantae</subject>
        </subj-group>
        <subj-group subj-group-type="scientific_subject">
          <subject>Biological Invasions</subject>
        </subj-group>
        <subj-group subj-group-type="geographical_area">
          <subject>Eastern Europe</subject>
        </subj-group>
      </article-categories>
      <title-group>
        <article-title>Assessing Non-Native and Translocated Species in Three Vital Wetlands in NW Anatolia using the Dispersal-Origin-Status-Impact Scheme</article-title>
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        <contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="yes">
          <name name-style="western">
            <surname>Saç</surname>
            <given-names>Gülşah</given-names>
          </name>
          <email xlink:type="simple">gulsahsac@gmail.com</email>
          <xref ref-type="aff" rid="A1">1</xref>
        </contrib>
        <contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="no">
          <name name-style="western">
            <surname>Aksu</surname>
            <given-names>Sadi</given-names>
          </name>
          <uri content-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2770-561X</uri>
          <xref ref-type="aff" rid="A2">2</xref>
        </contrib>
        <contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="no">
          <name name-style="western">
            <surname>Aksoy</surname>
            <given-names>Necmi</given-names>
          </name>
          <uri content-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2153-922X</uri>
          <xref ref-type="aff" rid="A3">3</xref>
        </contrib>
        <contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="no">
          <name name-style="western">
            <surname>Odabaşı</surname>
            <given-names>Deniz Anıl</given-names>
          </name>
          <xref ref-type="aff" rid="A4">4</xref>
        </contrib>
        <contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="no">
          <name name-style="western">
            <surname>Kurtul</surname>
            <given-names>Irmak</given-names>
          </name>
          <uri content-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3566-9172</uri>
          <xref ref-type="aff" rid="A5">5</xref>
          <xref ref-type="aff" rid="A6">6</xref>
        </contrib>
        <contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="no">
          <name name-style="western">
            <surname>Ağdamar</surname>
            <given-names>Sevan</given-names>
          </name>
          <uri content-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1268-0379</uri>
          <xref ref-type="aff" rid="A7">7</xref>
        </contrib>
        <contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="no">
          <name name-style="western">
            <surname>Emiroğlu</surname>
            <given-names>Özgür</given-names>
          </name>
          <xref ref-type="aff" rid="A8">8</xref>
        </contrib>
        <contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="no">
          <name name-style="western">
            <surname>Kırankaya</surname>
            <given-names>Şerife Gülsün</given-names>
          </name>
          <xref ref-type="aff" rid="A9">9</xref>
        </contrib>
        <contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="no">
          <name name-style="western">
            <surname>Gaygusuz</surname>
            <given-names>Özcan</given-names>
          </name>
          <xref ref-type="aff" rid="A10">10</xref>
        </contrib>
        <contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="no">
          <name name-style="western">
            <surname>Özuluğ</surname>
            <given-names>Müfit</given-names>
          </name>
          <uri content-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1437-3890</uri>
          <xref ref-type="aff" rid="A11">11</xref>
        </contrib>
        <contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="no">
          <name name-style="western">
            <surname>Soto</surname>
            <given-names>Ismael</given-names>
          </name>
          <xref ref-type="aff" rid="A12">12</xref>
        </contrib>
        <contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="no">
          <name name-style="western">
            <surname>Haubrock</surname>
            <given-names>Phillip Joschka</given-names>
          </name>
          <uri content-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2154-4341</uri>
          <xref ref-type="aff" rid="A13">13</xref>
        </contrib>
        <contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="yes">
          <name name-style="western">
            <surname>Tarkan</surname>
            <given-names>Ali Serhan</given-names>
          </name>
          <email xlink:type="simple">serhantarkan@gmail.com</email>
          <uri content-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8628-0514</uri>
          <xref ref-type="aff" rid="A14">14</xref>
        </contrib>
      </contrib-group>
      <aff id="A1">
        <label>1</label>
        <addr-line content-type="verbatim">Istanbul University, İstanbul, Turkiye</addr-line>
        <institution>Istanbul University</institution>
        <addr-line content-type="city">İstanbul</addr-line>
        <country>Turkiye</country>
      </aff>
      <aff id="A2">
        <label>2</label>
        <addr-line content-type="verbatim">Eskişehir Osmangazi University, Eskisehir, Turkiye</addr-line>
        <institution>Eskişehir Osmangazi University</institution>
        <addr-line content-type="city">Eskisehir</addr-line>
        <country>Turkiye</country>
      </aff>
      <aff id="A3">
        <label>3</label>
        <addr-line content-type="verbatim">Duzce Univesity, Duzce, Turkiye</addr-line>
        <institution>Duzce Univesity</institution>
        <addr-line content-type="city">Duzce</addr-line>
        <country>Turkiye</country>
      </aff>
      <aff id="A4">
        <label>4</label>
        <addr-line content-type="verbatim">Assoc. Prof., Çanakkale, Turkiye</addr-line>
        <institution>Assoc. Prof.</institution>
        <addr-line content-type="city">Çanakkale</addr-line>
        <country>Turkiye</country>
      </aff>
      <aff id="A5">
        <label>5</label>
        <addr-line content-type="verbatim">Post Researcher, Visiting Fellow, Bournemouth, United Kingdom</addr-line>
        <institution>Post Researcher, Visiting Fellow</institution>
        <addr-line content-type="city">Bournemouth</addr-line>
        <country>United Kingdom</country>
      </aff>
      <aff id="A6">
        <label>6</label>
        <addr-line content-type="verbatim">Research Asisstant, Izmir, Turkiye</addr-line>
        <institution>Research Asisstant</institution>
        <addr-line content-type="city">Izmir</addr-line>
        <country>Turkiye</country>
      </aff>
      <aff id="A7">
        <label>7</label>
        <addr-line content-type="verbatim">Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University, Çanakkale, Turkiye</addr-line>
        <institution>Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University</institution>
        <addr-line content-type="city">Çanakkale</addr-line>
        <country>Turkiye</country>
      </aff>
      <aff id="A8">
        <label>8</label>
        <addr-line content-type="verbatim">Eskişehir Osmangazi University, Eskişehir, Turkiye</addr-line>
        <institution>Eskişehir Osmangazi University</institution>
        <addr-line content-type="city">Eskişehir</addr-line>
        <country>Turkiye</country>
      </aff>
      <aff id="A9">
        <label>9</label>
        <addr-line content-type="verbatim">Düzce University, Düzce, Turkiye</addr-line>
        <institution>Düzce University</institution>
        <addr-line content-type="city">Düzce</addr-line>
        <country>Turkiye</country>
      </aff>
      <aff id="A10">
        <label>10</label>
        <addr-line content-type="verbatim">Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkiye</addr-line>
        <institution>Istanbul University</institution>
        <addr-line content-type="city">Istanbul</addr-line>
        <country>Turkiye</country>
      </aff>
      <aff id="A11">
        <label>11</label>
        <addr-line content-type="verbatim">İstanbul University, İstanbul, Turkiye</addr-line>
        <institution>İstanbul University</institution>
        <addr-line content-type="city">İstanbul</addr-line>
        <country>Turkiye</country>
      </aff>
      <aff id="A12">
        <label>12</label>
        <addr-line content-type="verbatim">University of South Bohemia, České Budějovice, Czech Republic</addr-line>
        <institution>University of South Bohemia</institution>
        <addr-line content-type="city">České Budějovice</addr-line>
        <country>Czech Republic</country>
      </aff>
      <aff id="A13">
        <label>13</label>
        <addr-line content-type="verbatim">Gulf University for Science and Technology, Mubarak Al-Abdullah, Kuwait</addr-line>
        <institution>Gulf University for Science and Technology</institution>
        <addr-line content-type="city">Mubarak Al-Abdullah</addr-line>
        <country>Kuwait</country>
      </aff>
      <aff id="A14">
        <label>14</label>
        <addr-line content-type="verbatim">Faculty of Fisheries, Muğla Sıtkı Koçman University, Mugla, Turkiye</addr-line>
        <institution>Faculty of Fisheries, Muğla Sıtkı Koçman University</institution>
        <addr-line content-type="city">Mugla</addr-line>
        <country>Turkiye</country>
      </aff>
      <author-notes>
        <fn fn-type="corresp">
          <p>Corresponding authors: Gülşah Saç (<email xlink:type="simple">gulsahsac@gmail.com</email>), Ali Serhan Tarkan (<email xlink:type="simple">serhantarkan@gmail.com</email>).</p>
        </fn>
        <fn fn-type="edited-by">
          <p>Academic editor: </p>
        </fn>
      </author-notes>
      <pub-date pub-type="collection">
        <year>2025</year>
      </pub-date>
      <pub-date pub-type="epub">
        <day>29</day>
        <month>05</month>
        <year>2025</year>
      </pub-date>
      <volume>6</volume>
      <uri content-type="arpha" xlink:href="http://openbiodiv.net/CBD6F834-700C-5B58-A82F-DD49C9662E05">CBD6F834-700C-5B58-A82F-DD49C9662E05</uri>
      <history>
        <date date-type="received">
          <day>29</day>
          <month>05</month>
          <year>2025</year>
        </date>
        <date date-type="accepted">
          <day>29</day>
          <month>05</month>
          <year>2025</year>
        </date>
      </history>
      <permissions>
        <copyright-statement>Gülşah Saç, Sadi Aksu, Necmi Aksoy, Deniz Anıl Odabaşı, Irmak Kurtul, Sevan Ağdamar, Özgür Emiroğlu, Şerife Gülsün Kırankaya, Özcan Gaygusuz, Müfit Özuluğ, Ismael Soto, Phillip Joschka Haubrock, Ali Serhan Tarkan</copyright-statement>
        <license license-type="creative-commons-attribution" xlink:href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/" xlink:type="simple">
          <license-p>This is an open access preprint 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.</license-p>
        </license>
      </permissions>
      <abstract>
        <label>Abstract</label>
        <p>Wetlands provide a wealth of ecosystem services essential for human well-being. Despite their importance, wetlands continue to disappear globally and with them, their biodiversity. An additional threat to wetland biodiversity are biological invasions. This study therefore aims to assess the spread and ecological impacts of non-native species in Lake Manyas, Lake Uluabat, and the Kocaçay Delta, all located in the Marmara Region of Türkiye. For this, we used the recently developed Dispersal-Origin-Status-Impact (DOSI) framework, which allows for a holistic analysis of how non-native species are introduced (Dispersal), their origin (Origin), their current population status (Status) and their impacts (Impact) on a given assessment area. A total of sixteen non-native and two translocated species were identified as a result of field studies and literature reviews: ten plants, six fish and two mollusc species. The majority of species were intentionally introduced to the region through human actions such as fisheries, bio-control, and recreational activities. <italic>Carassius gibelio</italic>, <italic>Gambusia holbrooki</italic>, <italic>Physella acuta</italic>, and all plants stand out as the species presenting the highest threat according to the DOSI scoring. These species’ effects, such as altering habitat structure, competing with native species and disrupting trophic networks, threaten the ecological integrity of these wetlands. Early intervention and long-term control strategies should be developed, especially for species with high impact levels.</p>
      </abstract>
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