A nature-positive future with biological invasions: theory, decision support and research needs

MA McGeoch, DA Clarke… - … Transactions of the …, 2024 - royalsocietypublishing.org
In 2050, most areas of biodiversity significance will be heavily influenced by multiple drivers
of environmental change. This includes overlap with the introduced ranges of many alien …

The rise and fall of an alien: why the successful colonizer Littorina saxatilis failed to invade the Mediterranean Sea

L Bosso, S Smeraldo, D Russo, ML Chiusano… - Biological …, 2022 - Springer
Understanding what determines range expansion or extinction is crucial to predict the
success of biological invaders. We tackled this long-standing question from an unparalleled …

Scientific knowledge gaps on the biology of non-fish marine species across European Seas

LR Abucay, P Sorongon-Yap… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Available information and potential data gaps for non-fish marine organisms (cnidarians,
crustaceans, echinoderms, molluscs, sponges, mammals, reptiles, and seabirds) covered by …

Twelve recommendations for advancing marine conservation in European and contiguous seas

S Katsanevakis, M Coll, S Fraschetti… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Like most ocean regions today, the European and contiguous seas experience cumulative
impacts from local human activities and global pressures. They are largely in poor …

[HTML][HTML] Opportunistic omnivory impairs the use of the Atlantic blue crab Callinectes sapidus as a trace metal biomonitor in invaded Mediterranean coastal waters

R De Giorgi, R Bardelli, L Cilenti, S Falco… - Marine Pollution …, 2024 - Elsevier
The contribution of non-indigenous species to the transfer of contaminants in invaded food
webs represents an active research area. Here we measured trace metals and CN stable …

Development of a sensitivity analysis framework for aquatic biogeochemical models using machine learning

H Cai, Y Shimoda, J Mao, GB Arhonditsis - Ecological Informatics, 2023 - Elsevier
Our evolving understanding of ecosystem functioning along with the advent of computational
power have paved the way for the development of complex mathematical models that …

A novel approach to quantifying trophic interaction strengths and impact of invasive species in food webs

E Calizza, L Rossi, G Careddu, S Sporta Caputi… - Biological …, 2021 - Springer
Measuring ecological and economic impacts of invasive species is necessary for managing
invaded food webs. Based on abundance, biomass and diet data of autochthonous and …

Typical alien invasive aquatic-plant species changed the stability rather than the diversity of plankton community in fresh water

Z Shen, J Cui, J Li, Y Peng, J Li, Y Liang, Y Zhou… - Science of The Total …, 2024 - Elsevier
Alien invasive aquatic-plant (AIA) species are severely threatening the aquatic ecosystems
worldwide, especially biodiversity. Although plankton have been used to monitor and …

Modelling the role of alien species and fisheries in an Eastern Mediterranean insular shelf ecosystem

N Michailidis, X Corrales, PK Karachle… - Ocean & coastal …, 2019 - Elsevier
We developed a trophic mass-balance model to describe the structure and functioning of the
insular shelf ecosystem of the Republic of Cyprus and assess the impact of fishing and alien …

Effects of the invasive aquatic snail Potamopyrgus antipodarum (Gray, 1853) on ecosystem properties and services

Á Alonso, GA Collado, C Gérard, EP Levri… - Hydrobiologia, 2023 - Springer
Ecosystems provide benefits to humans, including provisioning, regulating, and cultural
services. However, invasive species can threaten ecosystem well-functioning and services …