Coastal Management Invasive Species
Rat infestations: how rats affect the ocean
Rats can be found almost anywhere on Earth, but what are they doing to the ocean?
Tag: invasive species
Ecology
Invaders of the deep: Controlling mesophotic lionfish populations in Bermuda
Can we successfully target deep lionfish populations?
Invasive Species
Predicting the Future: How will Invasive Species deal with Our Changing Oceans?
Our oceans are getting warmer and more acidic. Here's how aquatic plants are adjusting.
Coastal Management
Who do you talk to about marine biosecurity, mate? Social networks matter in managing Australia’s ocean pests
Scientists in Australia recently mapped the nation’s biosecurity community as a social network, revealing key characteristics that help and hinder…
Fisheries Invasive Species
Eating invasive species and the future of sustainable fisheries
Invasive species are a global phenomenon, and have been since modern human society became a global phenomenon. Many of them…
Conservation Ecology
Lionfish, Counting, and Errors, Oh My: Challenges in Measuring Biomass of an Invasive Nuisance
Invasive lionfish in the Caribbean have been called “ravenous,” “destructive,” and “a living, breathing, devastating oil spill.” The hungry predators…
Behavior Conservation Invasive Species
Robofish To The Rescue!
When mosquitofish were introduced all over the world to control mosquito populations nobody thought they would have such a negative…
Coastal Management Conservation Science Communication
Lights, Camera, Action! Photography as a tool for observing environmental change
Observing long-term trends in the environment can be a daunting task. Here, scientists used settlement panels to observe community compositional…
Invasive Species
Navigating historical passages of marine invasive species
Invasive species are a persistent threat to marine ecosystems. In this post, authors explore the historical context of marine invasive…
Climate Change
Holding fast: kelp in Nova Scotia tries to grow on turf algae after a period of decline
Kelp has had a few rough decades that have led to the decline that threatens not only kelp but the…
Fisheries
Tackling Invasive Lionfish with our Stomachs.
As a lover of seafood and the environment, it can be tough to find a sustainable fix for fishy cravings.…
Climate Change Invasive Species
Agricultural Stewardship Could Prevent Invasive Species Takeover Downstream
Phragmites australis, or Common Reed, is a marine grass likely introduced to North America from Eurasia in the late…
Ecology Invasive Species
Invasive seagrass changes fish community in the US Virgin Islands
Seagrass meadows provide food and habitat for a variety of fish species. Juvenile fish are particularly dependent on the meadows,…
Invasive Species
Fantastic Invaders and Where to Find Them (Galapagos Edition)
Alien species are a commonly known and growing global concern. Increasingly transported to new locations and often following significant and…
Ecology Invasive Species
Aliens in the kelp forests – community ecology and Miso soup
In the plant world, competition between species is almost always over space. Space dictates how much sunlight, nutrients, and potential mates…
Invasive Species
Builders or Opportunistic Squatters? Invasive Species Drives Ecosystem Change on Georges Bank
See article here: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10530-017-1517-y Tunicates are underappreciated seafloor animals. Living sedentary lives and resembling some kind of marine slime, they…
Conservation
Saving seabirds: how mammal management has turned into seabird success
Seabirds and invasive species have been a poor mix for centuries, yet new research suggests seabird populations are bouncing back…
Biology
Sea lampreys: grow faster = grow male
A new study suggests that growth rate may determine if lampreys, an invasive fish in the Great Lakes becomes male…
Biology Invasive Species Microbiology
Lionfish slime helps ward off diseases
We know of many things that protect animals against disease – immune systems and gut bacteria are just the two…
Biology Coastal Management Ecology Invasive Species Seagrass
Seagrass Invasion! Tunicates colonizing seagrass beds impact plant and animal community
Seagrass habitats worldwide are in decline due to a number of factors. What happens when an invasive species comes on…