Bioinspired marine antifouling coatings: Antifouling mechanisms, design strategies and application feasibility studies

Z Li, P Liu, S Chen, X Liu, Y Yu, T Li, Y Wan… - European Polymer …, 2023‏ - Elsevier
Marine fouling is one of the major challenges facing humanity in marine industrial
production and transport activities. Traditional antifouling coatings use toxic antifouling …

Mediterranean non indigenous species at the start of the 2020s: recent changes

A Zenetos, M Galanidi - Marine Biodiversity Records, 2020‏ - Springer
The current amendments to the Mediterranean marine Non-Indigenous Species (NIS)
inventory for the period 2017-2019 are the result of a continuous literature search and …

[PDF][PDF] Bioinvasion impacts on biodiversity, ecosystem services, and human health in the Mediterranean Sea

K Tsirintanis, E Azzurro, F Crocetta, M Dimiza… - Aquatic …, 2022‏ - amu.hal.science
Biological invasions have become a defining feature of marine Mediterranean ecosystems
with significant impacts on biodiversity, ecosystem services, and human health. We …

[HTML][HTML] Status and trends in the rate of introduction of marine non-indigenous species in European seas

A Zenetos, K Tsiamis, M Galanidi, N Carvalho… - Diversity, 2022‏ - mdpi.com
Diversity | Free Full-Text | Status and Trends in the Rate of Introduction of Marine Non-Indigenous
Species in European Seas Next Article in Journal Dietary Variation Is Driven by Landscape …

Plastic as a vector of dispersion for marine species with invasive potential. A review

JC García-Gómez, M Garrigós… - Frontiers in Ecology and …, 2021‏ - frontiersin.org
Plastic debris constitutes up to 87% of marine litter and represents one of the most frequently
studied vectors for marine alien species with invasive potential in the last 15 years. This …

[HTML][HTML] Validated inventories of non-indigenous species (NIS) for the Mediterranean Sea as tools for regional policy and patterns of NIS spread

M Galanidi, M Aissi, M Ali, A Bakalem, M Bariche… - Diversity, 2023‏ - mdpi.com
This work presents refined, updated subregional and regional non-indigenous species (NIS)
inventories for the Mediterranean Sea, validated by national and taxonomic experts, with …

A massive update of non-indigenous species records in Mediterranean marinas

A Ulman, J Ferrario, A Occhpinti-Ambrogi, C Arvanitidis… - PeerJ, 2017‏ - peerj.com
The Mediterranean Sea is home to over 2/3 of the world's charter boat traffic and hosts an
estimated 1.5 million recreational boats. Studies elsewhere have demonstrated marinas as …

Historical baselines in marine bioinvasions: Implications for policy and management

H Ojaveer, BS Galil, JT Carlton, H Alleway… - PloS one, 2018‏ - journals.plos.org
The human-mediated introduction of marine non-indigenous species is a centuries-if not
millennia-old phenomenon, but was only recently acknowledged as a potent driver of …

Marine alien species in Italy: A contribution to the implementation of descriptor D2 of the marine strategy framework directive

G Servello, F Andaloro, E Azzurro… - Mediterranean Marine …, 2019‏ - ricerca.uniba.it
A re-examination of marine alien species or Non Indigenous Species (NIS) reported in
Italian Seas, until December 2018, is provided, focusing on establishment success, year of …

Monitoring non-indigenous species in port habitats: first application of a standardized North American protocol in the Mediterranean Sea

M Tamburini, E Keppel, A Marchini… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2021‏ - frontiersin.org
Baseline port monitoring for fouling communities is an essential tool to assess non-
indigenous species (NIS) introduction and spread, but a standardized and coordinated …