Environmental implications of plastic debris in marine settings—entanglement, ingestion, smothering, hangers-on, hitch-hiking and alien invasions

MR Gregory - … transactions of the royal society B …, 2009 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Over the past five or six decades, contamination and pollution of the world's enclosed seas,
coastal waters and the wider open oceans by plastics and other synthetic, non …

Coffee Berry Borer (Hypothenemus hampei), a Global Pest of Coffee: Perspectives from Historical and Recent Invasions, and Future Priorities

MA Johnson, CP Ruiz-Diaz, NC Manoukis… - Insects, 2020 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Coffee berry borer (CBB) is the most serious insect pest of coffee
worldwide, causing more than US $500 M in damages annually. Reduction in the yield and …

Towards environmental sustainability in marine finfish aquaculture

CB Carballeira Brana, K Cerbule, P Senff… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Aquaculture is one of the fastest growing food production sectors and has great potential for
food security and livelihoods. However, it generates concerning consequences for the …

The invasive species challenge in estuarine and coastal environments: marrying management and science

SL Williams, ED Grosholz - Estuaries and Coasts, 2008 - Springer
Despite the widely acknowledged threat posed by invasive species in coastal estuaries,
there are substantial gaps at the intersection of science and policy that are impeding …

Detecting marine pests using environmental DNA and biophysical models

MR Ellis, ZSR Clark, EA Treml, MS Brown… - Science of the Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
The spread of marine pests is occurring at record rates due to globalisation and increasing
trade. Environmental DNA (eDNA) is an emerging tool for pest surveillance, allowing for the …

Aquaculture and transport in a changing environment: overlap and links in the spread of alien biota

D Minchin - Marine Pollution Bulletin, 2007 - Elsevier
Aquaculture has been practiced for some millennia. The speed and access of different
transport modes in the spread of cultured species, their pests, parasites, diseases and …

Connectivity networks reveal the risks of crown‐of‐thorns starfish outbreaks on the Great Barrier Reef

K Hock, NH Wolff, SA Condie… - Journal of applied …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Many ecosystems suffer systemwide outbreaks of damaging species propagating from
primary outbreak sites. Connectivity patterns can identify parts of the ecosystem that help …

A typology of marine and estuarine hazards and risks as vectors of change: a review for vulnerable coasts and their management

M Elliott, ND Cutts, A Trono - Ocean & Coastal Management, 2014 - Elsevier
This paper illustrates a typology of 14 natural and anthropogenic hazards, the evidence for
their causes and consequences for society and their role as vectors of change in estuaries …

Beyond propagule pressure: importance of selection during the transport stage of biological invasions

E Briski, FT Chan, JA Darling… - Frontiers in Ecology …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Biological invasions are largely considered to be a “numbers game”, wherein the larger the
introduction effort, the greater the probability that an introduced population will become …

Climate change, non‐indigenous species and ship**: assessing the risk of species introduction to a high‐A rctic archipelago

C Ware, J Berge, JH Sundet… - Diversity and …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Aim Anticipated changes in the global ocean climate will affect the vulnerability of marine
ecosystems to the negative effects of non‐indigenous species (NIS). In the A rctic, there is a …