Despite the Mediterranean being both a hotspot for recreational boating and for non‐
indigenous species (NIS), no data currently exists on the recreational boating sector's …

Abstract The Ballast Water Management Convention (BWMC) was introduced by the
International Maritime Organization (IMO) and it aims at minimizing the transfer of pathogens …

Coastal and regional sea ecosystems suffer from several human-induced stressors,
including human mediated bioinvasions. The Baltic Sea is generally considered to be …

The risk of aquatic invasions in the Arctic is expected to increase with climate warming,
greater shipping activity and resource exploitation in the region. Planktonic and benthic …

Invasive species from the Suez Canal, also named “Lessepsian species”, often have an
ecological and financial impact on marine life, fisheries, human well-being and health in the …

Conservation of horseshoe crabs has recently received increasing attention as several
populations are in decline. However, scarce information on their distributions in Southeast …

Early detection and rapid response are essential to prevent invasive species from thriving in
marine environments following their introduction. Species distribution models (SDMs) are …

An Ecological Niche model was developed for skipjack tuna (Katsuwonus pelamis, SKJ) in
the Eastern Central Atlantic Ocean (AO) and Western Indian Ocean (IO) using an extensive …

Aim Identifying niche shifts is key for forecasting future species distributions. Non‐
indigenous species (NIS) are one of the greatest threats to biodiversity, and understanding …

Aim Many species of ascidians are invasive and can cause both ecological and economic
losses. Here, we describe risk assessment for nineteen ascidian species and predict coastal …