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== What are invasive species? == | == What are invasive species? == | ||
* An organism or plant that is introduced to a new environment where it is not native <ref>www.oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/invasive.html </ref> | * An organism or plant that is introduced to a new environment where it is not native <ref>www.oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/invasive.html </ref> | ||
== Impact == | == Impact == | ||
* Vertebrate invasives | * Vertebrate invasives | ||
* Invertebrate invasives <ref name="Hawaii"> http://www.hawaiicoralreefstrategy.com/index.php/local-action-strategies/aquatic-invasive-species </ref> | * Invertebrate invasives <ref name="Hawaii"> http://www.hawaiicoralreefstrategy.com/index.php/local-action-strategies/aquatic-invasive-species </ref> | ||
* Community-wide effects | * Community-wide effects <ref name="Levin"> Levin et al. "Community-wide effects of non-indigenous species on temperate rocky reefs." ''Ecology''. Vol. 83: 3182:3193, 2002 </ref> | ||
== Common examples == | == Common examples == | ||
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* Where it came from (Hurricane Andrew) <ref name="coris">http://coris.noaa.gov/exchanges/lionfish/ </ref> | * Where it came from (Hurricane Andrew) <ref name="coris">http://coris.noaa.gov/exchanges/lionfish/ </ref> | ||
* Sightings and dispersal <ref name="coris"> </ref> | * Sightings and dispersal <ref name="coris"> </ref> | ||
* Impact on coral reef ecosystems <ref name="Albins"> Albins, Mark A. and Mark A. Hixon. "Invasive Indo-Pacific lionfish Pterois volitans reduce recruitment of Atlantic coral-reef fishes." Mar Ecol Prog Ser. Vol. 367: 233-238. 2008 </ref> | * Impact on coral reef ecosystems <ref name="Albins"> Albins, Mark A. and Mark A. Hixon. "Invasive Indo-Pacific lionfish ''Pterois volitans'' reduce recruitment of Atlantic coral-reef fishes." ''Mar Ecol Prog Ser.'' Vol. 367: 233-238. 2008 </ref> | ||
* Effects on people | * Effects on people | ||
* Effects on fisheries <ref name="coris"> </ref> | * Effects on fisheries <ref name="coris"> </ref> | ||
* Explosive populations | * Explosive populations <ref name="Morris"> Morris, James A. and John L. Akins. "Feeding ecology of invasive lionfish (''Pterois volitans'') in the Bahamian archipelago." ''Environ Biol Fish''. Vol. 86: 389:398. 2009 </ref> | ||
* Control and management? <ref name="coris"> </ref> | * Control and management? <ref name="coris"> </ref> | ||
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Invasive Species
What are invasive species?
- An organism or plant that is introduced to a new environment where it is not native [1]
Impact
Common examples
Lionfish
- Where it came from (Hurricane Andrew) [5]
- Sightings and dispersal [5]
- Impact on coral reef ecosystems [6]
- Effects on people
- Effects on fisheries [5]
- Explosive populations [7]
- Control and management? [5]
Management Plans
Notes
- ↑ www.oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/invasive.html
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 http://www.hawaiicoralreefstrategy.com/index.php/local-action-strategies/aquatic-invasive-species
- ↑ Levin et al. "Community-wide effects of non-indigenous species on temperate rocky reefs." Ecology. Vol. 83: 3182:3193, 2002
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 http://www.iucn.org/about/work/programmes/marine/marine_our_work/marine_invasives/seychelles/
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 http://coris.noaa.gov/exchanges/lionfish/
- ↑ Albins, Mark A. and Mark A. Hixon. "Invasive Indo-Pacific lionfish Pterois volitans reduce recruitment of Atlantic coral-reef fishes." Mar Ecol Prog Ser. Vol. 367: 233-238. 2008
- ↑ Morris, James A. and John L. Akins. "Feeding ecology of invasive lionfish (Pterois volitans) in the Bahamian archipelago." Environ Biol Fish. Vol. 86: 389:398. 2009