Human activities impact marine ecosystems at a global scale and all levels of complexity of
life. Despite their importance as key players in ecosystem processes, the stress caused to …

A prominent vector of aquatic invasive species to coastal regions is the discharge of water,
sediments, and biofilm from ships' ballast-water tanks. During eight years of studying ships …

Worldwide, marine and coastal ecosystems are heavily invaded by introduced species and
the potential role of parasites in the success and impact of marine invasions has been …

Human-mediated marine bioinvasions have altered the way we view the marine
environment—virtually all regions of the global oceans have experienced the introduction of …

Since completion of the St. Lawrence Seaway in 1959, at least 43 nonindigenous species
(NIS) of animals and protists have established in the Laurentian Great Lakes, of which~ 67 …

Aim We examine the regional dominance of California as a beachhead for marine biological
invasions in western North America and assess the relative contribution of different transfer …

Aquaculture has been practiced for some millennia. The speed and access of different
transport modes in the spread of cultured species, their pests, parasites, diseases and …

The worldwide transfer and introduction of non-indigenous invasive aquatic organisms via
ships' ballast water has been amply demonstrated to cause significant ecological, economic …

The known extent of biological invasions exhibits strong variation with respect to space,
time, taxonomic group, and vector. Using a synthesis of nonindigenous species (NIS) …

Ballast water is one of the most important vectors for the transport of non-native species to
new aquatic environments. Due to the development of new ballast water quality standards …