Alien Species Alert: Didemnum vexillum Kott, 2002: Invasion, impact, and control
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| Date | 2017-02 | ||||||||
| Language | English | ||||||||
| Author(s) | McKenzie Cynthia1, Reid Vanessa2, Lambert Gretchen3, Matheson Kyle1, Minchin Dan4, Pederson Judith5, Brown Lyndsay6, Curd Amelia 7, Gollasch Stephan8, Goulletquer Philippe9, Occhipinti-Ambrogi Anna10, Simard Nathalie11, Therriault Thomas12 |
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| Affiliation(s) | 1 : Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Centre Fisheries and Oceans Canada St. John’s, NL, Canada, A1C 5X1, Canada 2 : Memorial University of Newfoundland St. John’s, NL, Canada 3 : University of Washington Friday Harbor Laboratories Friday Harbor, WA 98250 USA 4 : 3 Marine Village, Ballina, Killaloe Co. Clare, Ireland 5 : MIT Sea Grant College Program E38-300 Cambridge, MA 02139 USA 6 : Marine Scotland – Science Marine Laboratory Aberdeen, United Kingdom 7 : IFREMER Centre de Brest Plouzané, France 8 : GoConsult Grosse Brunnenestrasse 61, 22763 Hamburg, Germany 9 : IFREMER, BP. 21105, 44311, Nantes Cedex 3 France 10 : Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences University of Pavia Pavia, Italy 11 : Maurice Lamontagne Institute Fisheries and Oceans Canada Mont-Joli, QC, Canada 12 : Pacific Biological Station Fisheries and Oceans Canada Nanaimo, BC, Canada |
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| Source | ICES Cooperative Research Report (1017-6195) (International Council for the Exploration of the Sea), 2017-02 , N. 335 , P. p.33 | ||||||||
| DOI | 10.17895/ices.pub.2138 | ||||||||
| Note | ISBN 978-87-7482-197-7 | ||||||||
| Abstract | Didemnum vexillum Kott (2002) is a high-impact, globally-invasive, colonial tunicate species that is native to Japan (Lambert, 2009; Stefaniak et al., 2012). It is generally a temperate cold-water organism, and its introduced range currently includes New Zealand, the Netherlands, France, Ireland, United Kingdom, Spain, Italy, and both the west and east coasts of the United States and Canada (Lambert, 2009; Stefaniak et al., 2012; Tagliapietra et al., 2012; Ordóñez et al., 2015, Vercaemer et al., 2015). Like other invasive tunicates, D. vexillum has the capacity to reproduce rapidly, outcompete native species, deteriorate environmental integrity, and cause significant economic harm (Lambert, 2005; Blum et al., 2007; Daniel and Therriault, 2007; Langyel et al., 2009; Cordell et al., 2013). For these reasons, this document aims to increase awareness of D. vexillum, with a focus on identification, natural history, current global distribution, potential impacts, and prospects for management and control where introductions occur. |
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