Coastal infrastructure provides extensive habitat for marine nonindigenous species (NIS), especially biofouling species. Ecosystem transplants can arise when static maritime structures (SMS) are relocated under slow towing ...

Aim The movement of biofouling organisms by ships results in the transfer of marine species across biogeographical boundaries on a global scale. We used barnacles, a relatively well-studied taxon, to investigate the extent ...

1.Propagule pressure plays a key role in the successful establishment of introduced species. Explaining invasion patterns, predicting future invasions, and reducing invasion rates are priority areas of research and management, ...

Biofouling is a long-standing challenge for ships because it can interfere with operations and increases vessel drag, fuel consumption and exhaust emissions. More recently, ship biofouling has also been recognized as a ...

Global patterns show that estuaries are more invaded than open coasts and artificial habitats are more invaded than natural ones. The contention that artificial habitats in estuaries are more invasible than other habitats ...

Human-mediated transfer and invasions of organisms have permanently altered distribution patterns on a global scale. In response to growing numbers and impacts of invasions, global-scale vector management is advancing to ...

Abstract Bioinvasions are a significant force of change and economic and ecological threat in marine ecosystems. The threat now encroaches on Alaska, which has had relatively few invasions compared to other global ...

Recreational boats and their marinas are important components of the hub-and-spoke model of invasion in coastal marine systems. Like most vectors, however, species transfers by boats are under-sampled and the extent of ...