Quantifying levels of biological invasion: towards the objective classification of invaded and invasible ecosystems

JA Catford, PA Vesk, DM Richardson… - Global Change …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Biological invasions are a global phenomenon that threatens biodiversity, and few, if any,
ecosystems are free from alien species. The outcome of human‐mediated introductions is …

Global ecological impacts of marine exotic species

A Anton, NR Geraldi, CE Lovelock… - Nature ecology & …, 2019 - nature.com
Exotic species are a growing global ecological threat; however, their overall effects are
insufficiently understood. While some exotic species are implicated in many species …

Exotic asphyxiation: interactions between invasive species and hypoxia

JE Byers, JA Blaze, AC Dodd, HL Hall… - Biological …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Non‐indigenous species (NIS) and hypoxia (< 2 mg O2 l− 1) can disturb and restructure
aquatic communities. Both are heavily influenced by human activities and are intensifying …

[HTML][HTML] Dramatic changes in the structure of shallow-water marine benthic communities following the invasion by Rugulopteryx okamurae (Dictyotales, Ochrophyta) in …

J Faria, ACL Prestes, I Moreu, E Cacabelos… - Marine Pollution …, 2022 - Elsevier
Biological invasions are considered one of the most important drivers of biodiversity loss.
Here we use a before-after-control-impact (BACI) design to investigate the impact of …

Impacts of an abundant introduced ecosystem engineer within mudflats of the southeastern US coast

JE Byers, PE Gribben, C Yeager, EE Sotka - Biological invasions, 2012 - Springer
Invasive ecosystem engineers can have far-reaching effects on systems, especially if they
provide structure where none was before. The non-native seaweed Gracilaria …

Invasive species and biotic homogenization in temperate aquatic plant communities

R Muthukrishnan, DJ Larkin - Global Ecology and …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Aim Biotic homogenization (BH), a reduction in the distinctness of species composition
between geographically separated ecological communities in a region, is an important but …

Late quaternary biotic homogenization of North American mammalian faunas

D Fraser, A Villaseñor, AB Tóth, MA Balk… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Biotic homogenization—increasing similarity of species composition among ecological
communities—has been linked to anthropogenic processes operating over the last century …

Effects of the invasive macroalgae Gracilaria vermiculophylla on two co-occurring foundation species and associated invertebrates

MS Thomsen, PA Stæhr, L Nejrup, DR Schiel - Aquatic Invasions, 2013 - pure.au.dk
Non-native foundation species occasionally invade habitats occupied by native foundation
species. Little is known, however, about reciprocal effects of native and non-native …

Positive versus negative effects of an invasive ecosystem engineer on different components of a marine ecosystem

PE Gribben, JE Byers, JT Wright, TM Glasby - Oikos, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Habitat‐forming invasive species have complex impacts on native communities. Positive
above ground and negative below ground impacts are reported, suggesting that habitat …

Non-native seaweeds drive changes in marine coastal communities around the world

MS Thomsen, T Wernberg, PM South… - … : adaptation and evolution …, 2016 - Springer
We conducted a bibliographic survey, adding 69 taxa to a published list of 277 seaweeds,
thereby updating the total worldwide list of non-native and cryptogenic seaweeds to 346 …