Alien Invertebrates and Fish in European Inland Waters

Gherardi, Francesca; Gollasch, Stephan; Minchin, Dan; Olenin, Sergej; Panov, Vadim E.

doi:10.1007/978-1-4020-8280-1_6

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“…The nonsignificant effect of wealth and demography in our models for fish (see also ref. 40) probably reflects that introductions have been a massive phenomenon across Europe for stock enhancement and sport fishing (23,41). As a result, the pattern of fishery wealth (fishery income as the share of total income) is likely to be different from the overall pattern of national wealth.…”

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Disentangling the role of environmental and human pressures on biological invasions across Europe

Pyšek

Jaros̆ı́k

Hulme

et al. 2010

Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A.

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The accelerating rates of international trade, travel, and transport in the latter half of the twentieth century have led to the progressive mixing of biota from across the world and the number of species introduced to new regions continues to increase. The importance of biogeographic, climatic, economic, and demographic factors as drivers of this trend is increasingly being realized but as yet there is no consensus regarding their relative importance. Whereas little may be done to mitigate the effects of geography and climate on invasions, a wider range of options may exist to moderate the impacts of economic and demographic drivers. Here we use the most recent data available from Europe to partition between macroecological, economic, and demographic variables the variation in alien species richness of bryophytes, fungi, vascular plants, terrestrial insects, aquatic invertebrates, fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds, and mammals. Only national wealth and human population density were statistically significant predictors in the majority of models when analyzed jointly with climate, geography, and land cover. The economic and demographic variables reflect the intensity of human activities and integrate the effect of factors that directly determine the outcome of invasion such as propagule pressure, pathways of introduction, eutrophication, and the intensity of anthropogenic disturbance. The strong influence of economic and demographic variables on the levels of invasion by alien species demonstrates that future solutions to the problem of biological invasions at a national scale lie in mitigating the negative environmental consequences of human activities that generate wealth and by promoting more sustainable population growth.climate | economy | exotic plants and animals | geography | prediction

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Disentangling the role of environmental and human pressures on biological invasions across Europe

Pyšek

Jaros̆ı́k

Hulme

et al. 2010

Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A.

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“…This pathway has also been a significant factor in freshwater animal introductions to Europe (25% of established non-native species, [37]). The shipping network creates connections among aquatic ecosystems across the globe, and organisms are frequently transported in the ballast water of ships, or attached to hulls as fouling organisms [28].…”

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“…These connections have served as invasion corridors for many species native to the Ponto-Caspian into Western and Northern Europe. It is estimated that 8% of non-native freshwater animal species in Europe arrived by using natural dispersal mechanisms to move through canals [37]. In addition, many of the species that arrived through shipping (see previous paragraph) could only do so because of the existence of canals.…”

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Invasive species in Europe: ecology, status, and policy

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Globalization of trade and travel has facilitated the spread of non-native species across the earth. A proportion of these species become established and cause serious environmental, economic, and human health impacts. These species are referred to as invasive, and are now recognized as one of the major drivers of biodiversity change across the globe. As a long-time centre for trade, Europe has seen the introduction and subsequent establishment of at least several thousand non-native species. These range in taxonomy from viruses and bacteria to fungi, plants, and animals. Although invasive species cause major negative impacts across all regions of Europe, they also offer scientists the opportunity to develop and test theory about how species enter and leave communities, how nonnative and native species interact with each other, and how different types of species affect ecosystem functions. For these reasons, there has been recent growth in the field of invasion biology as scientists work to understand the process of invasion, the changes that invasive species cause to their recipient ecosystems, and the ways that the problems of invasive species can be reduced. This review covers the process and drivers of species invasions in Europe, the socio-economic factors that make some regions particularly strongly invaded, and the ecological factors that make some species particularly invasive. We describe the impacts of invasive species in Europe, the difficulties involved in reducing these impacts, and explain the policy options currently being considered. We outline the reasons that invasive species create unique policy challenges, and suggest some rules of thumb for designing and implementing management programs. If new management programs are not enacted in Europe, it is inevitable that more invasive species will arrive, and that the total economic, environmental, and human health impacts from these species will continue to grow.

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“…A total of 162 alien fish species (including diadromous) are listed in European freshwaters (an update of the 136 analyzed in [39]), among which 3: the round goby (Neogobius melanostomus), the pseudorasbora (Pseudorasbora parva), and the brook trout (Salvelinus fontinalis), are classified within the 100 of the worst alien species.…”

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Alien Fish Species in France with Emphasis on the Recent Invasion of Gobies

Teletchea¹,

Jean-Nicolas²

2018

Biological Resources of Water

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Introduction of alien species constitutes worldwide one of the major threats to biodiversity, particularly in freshwater ecosystems. In France, the number of alien aquatic plant and animal species has increased exponentially over time in freshwater ecosystems and shows no sign of decreasing. For fish only, more than 40 alien species have been either voluntary or involuntary introduced in the past decades. About two-thirds are still present today and at least 26 are naturalized. As in many European countries, the fish introduction history in France switched from voluntary introduction in the nineteenth century (aquaculture, sport fishing, and management of ecosystems) to unintentional but humanaided introductions (aquarium trade and global ship transport). The negative impacts of alien species on native species and ecosystems are most often unknown in France and needs further studies to develop a functional policy on alien species introductions and the protection of aquatic ecosystems integrity. The information gathered allow discussing the possible reasons explaining whether an alien species is able or not to establish sustainable populations in France and thereafter became invasive, such as gobies recently arrived.

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Alien Invertebrates and Fish in European Inland Waters

Cited by 61 publications

References 47 publications

Disentangling the role of environmental and human pressures on biological invasions across Europe

Disentangling the role of environmental and human pressures on biological invasions across Europe

Invasive species in Europe: ecology, status, and policy

Alien Fish Species in France with Emphasis on the Recent Invasion of Gobies

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