A good understanding of the mechanisms and magnitude of the impact of invasive alien
species on ecosystem services and biodiversity is a prerequisite for the efficient prioritisation …

Marine invasion ecology and management have progressed significantly over the last 30
years although many knowledge gaps and challenges remain. The kelp Undaria pinnatifida …

The harvesting of wild seaweeds continues to play an important cultural and socioeconomic
role for many coastal communities on Ireland's Atlantic seaboard. Although Irish waters …

Sargassum muticum, an invasive brown macroalga presently distributed along European
Atlantic coasts from southern Portugal to the south coast of Norway, was studied on a large …

Patterns of distribution and abundance of epifauna often differ markedly among macroalgal
species. The hypotheses tested were that (1) assemblages of mobile epifauna associated …

Human-mediated transport of species significantly alters their distribution at a global scale.
Since the seminal work by Elton (1958), non-indigenous species (NIS) introductions and …

Biological invasions have the potential to cause severe alterations to the biodiversity of
natural ecosystems. At the same time, variation in the diversity and composition of native …

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 …

Biological invasions represent a threat to ecosystems, through competition and habitat
destruction, which may result in significant changes of the invaded community …

Sargassum C. Agardh is a highly diverse genus within the brown algae, with 615 currently
recognized species, varieties and forms worldwide. This high level of species diversity led …