dc.contributor |
Háskóli Íslands |
dc.contributor |
University of Iceland |
dc.contributor.author |
Ramos Espla, Alfonso |
dc.contributor.author |
Micael, Joana |
dc.contributor.author |
Halldórsson, Halldór Pálmar |
dc.contributor.author |
Gíslason, Sindri |
dc.date.accessioned |
2020-11-16T09:53:41Z |
dc.date.available |
2020-11-16T09:53:41Z |
dc.date.issued |
2020-05-07 |
dc.identifier.citation |
Ramos-Esplá AA, Micael J, Halldórsson HP, Gíslason S (2020) Iceland: a laboratory for non-indigenous ascidians. BioInvasions Records 9(3): 450– 460, https://doi.org/10.3391/bir.2020.9.3.0 |
dc.identifier.issn |
2242-1300 |
dc.identifier.uri |
https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11815/2207 |
dc.description |
Publisher's version (útgefin grein) |
dc.description.abstract |
Non-indigenous species (NIS) represent a serious problem worldwide, where ascidians
are one of the most important taxa. However, little has been done to document the
non-indigenous ascidians in Iceland, and over the past decade only two species had
been recorded prior to the present study, Ciona intestinalis in 2007 and Botryllus
schlosseri in 2011. To increase the knowledge of this taxon, extensive sampling
was carried out in shallow waters around Iceland, during the summer 2018, in ports
and on ropes of a long-line mussel aquaculture. In total, eleven species were identified,
four native and seven NIS, of which Diplosoma listerianum, Ascidiella aspersa,
Botrylloides violaceus, Molgula manhattensis and Ciona cf. robusta, are now reported
for the first time in Iceland. The highest abundance of non-indigenous ascidians
appeared among the ports in southwestern Iceland (Sandgerði, Hafnarfjörður). As
pointed out for other regions, the most likely vector is maritime traffic (hull fouling
and ballast water), although other vectors cannot be ruled out. The future expansion
of these non-indigenous ascidians around Iceland must be monitored, where local
maritime traffic could play an important role. Furthermore, global warming may
facilitate the access and establishment of these species in colder areas with arctic
influence (north and east of Iceland), which are likely still free of these species. |
dc.description.sponsorship |
This work was partly supported by the Suðurnes Regional Development Fund under grant
no. 34/2017. One of the authors (ARE) received two grants for stays for research staff in foreign
centers from the University of Alicante (2018) and from the Generalitat Valenciana (BEST2019 program). |
dc.format.extent |
450-460 |
dc.language.iso |
en |
dc.publisher |
Regional Euro-Asian Biological Invasions Centre Oy (REABIC) |
dc.relation.ispartofseries |
BioInvasions Records;9(3) |
dc.rights |
info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
dc.subject |
Biofouling |
dc.subject |
Global warming |
dc.subject |
Maritime traffic |
dc.subject |
NE Atlantic |
dc.subject |
Hlýnun jarðar |
dc.subject |
Norður-Atlantshaf |
dc.subject |
Botndýr |
dc.title |
Iceland: a laboratory for non-indigenous ascidians |
dc.type |
info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
dcterms.license |
This is an open access article distributed under terms
of the Creative Commons Attribution License
(Attribution 4.0 International - CC BY 4.0). |
dc.description.version |
Peer Reviewed |
dc.identifier.journal |
BioInvasions Records |
dc.identifier.doi |
10.3391/bir.2020.9.3.01 |
dc.relation.url |
https://www.reabic.net/journals/bir/2020/Issue3.aspx |
dc.contributor.department |
Rannsóknasetur á Suðurnesjum (HÍ) |
dc.contributor.department |
Research Centre in Suðurnes (UI) |