Marine Ecology and Invasive Species

This study uses acoustic telemetry to analyze movement patterns and habitat use of invasive blue crabs in a Mediterranean lagoon, revealing sex-specific behaviors and informing management strategies.

The paper evaluates how ballast water management affects bacterial communities, finding that BWT+E reduces diversity more than BWT alone and increases Gammaproteobacteria.

The paper establishes a biosecurity baseline for the ROPME Sea Area by reviewing and validating 192 species, identifying 39 as very high risk under current and projected climate conditions.

This study examines agonistic interactions between Atlantic blue crabs and European green crabs in the Gulf of Maine, finding blue crabs kill green crabs, especially smaller ones, with no effect from alternative prey.

This study uses long-term metabarcoding to show non-indigenous species in ports have high genetic diversity and resilience despite low species richness.

The paper uses COI metabarcoding to analyze metazoan communities in harbours, finding high genetic diversity and connectivity among non-indigenous species despite their lower species count.

The paper detects non-indigenous species in Mediterranean marine protected areas using eDNA and UVC, finding that aqueous eDNA metabarcoding provides the most comprehensive species list.

The paper identifies an invasive soft coral, Xenia umbellata, in Cuban waters and discusses its potential introduction pathways and ecological impact.

The study examines the prevalence of two pathogens in invasive Atlantic Blue Crabs across different regions, finding no CsRV1 but widespread H. perezi, with genetic links to European strains.

This study validates an eDNA qPCR assay for detecting invasive Blue Crabs in the Mediterranean and integrates citizen science to enhance monitoring.

This study uses numerical simulations to show that submesoscale ocean features like filaments enhance offshore transport of sun coral larvae along Rio de Janeiro's coast.

This study examines lionfish microbiota dynamics in the Mediterranean Sea, revealing patterns of microbial composition and host invasion success.

The paper documents new exotic marine invertebrate species in the Bijagos Archipelago using DNA barcoding and highlights cryptic diversity and underestimation of marine species introductions.

The paper develops a Bayesian statistical method to infer invasion characteristics of human-dispersed species by integrating life-history dynamics and transportation network data.

This study evaluates how sample type and season affect DNA metabarcoding detection of non-indigenous invertebrates in marinas, finding higher NIS detection in zooplankton and during spring and autumn.

The paper uses DNA metabarcoding to analyze the diet of invasive European green crabs and finds significant differences in prey composition between aquaculture and natural habitats.