The non-native solitary ascidian Ciona intestinalis (L.) depresses species richness

By J. Blum, A. Chang, Marcela Liljesthröm, M. Schenk, Mia K. Steinberg, G. Ruiz. 2007

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Subfields: Global and Planetary Change, Ocean Engineering, Oceanography

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In Global and Planetary Change

1. T. Wernberg
2. Julian D. Olden
3. T. Therriault
4. C. Herbinger
5. A. Locke
6. Marie Beger
7. G. Jamieson
8. M. Thiel

In Ocean Engineering

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2. G. Jamieson
3. M. Thiel
4. Julian D. Olden
5. Aibin Zhan
6. R. de Nys
7. M. Carman
8. Dan G. Bock

In Oceanography

1. T. Wernberg
2. M. Thomsen
3. J. E. Byers
4. B. Silliman
5. Julian D. Olden
6. M. Thiel
7. H. MacIsaac
8. C. Herbinger

Citations in the corpus

• The impact and control of biofouling in marine aquaculture: a review (2012, background): “It was first documented on the west coast of North America in the 1930s (Blum et al. 2007), and invaded the east coast of North America in 2004 (Ramsay et al.”
• Epibenthic colonization of concrete and steel pilings in a cold-temperate embayment: a field experiment (2009, background): “When one species becomes as dominant as C. intestinalis in this study, species richness is depressed ( Blum et al. 2007 ); ascidians are eVective competitors for space and may inhibit other species to settle by predation of settling larvae.”
• Predation contributes to invasion resistance of benthic communities against the non-indigenous tunicate Ciona intestinalis (2011, background): “intestinalis in fouling communities (Stachowicz et al. 1999; Blum et al. 2007; Ramsay et al. 2008) but this interaction seems unimportant in benthic communities exposed to natural predation pressure.”
• Impacts of marine invaders on biodiversity depend on trophic position and functional similarity (2014, background): “S 1.00 16.0 Blum et al. (2007) MA2–Ciona intestinalis–Disturbed control –1.307 NA 2 Richness F–”
• The application of genetics to marine management and conservation: Examples from the Indo-Pacific (2014, background): “—Invasive species have played a large role in changing global marine systems, in some cases drastically altering the biological communities of invaded areas (Blum et al. 2007, Robinson et al. 2007, Banks et al. 2010), and are recognized as a pressing global concern (Sutherland et al. 2010).”
• Ascidians as models for studying invasion success (2015, background): “For example, invertebrate species richness in San Francisco Bay was negatively correlated with the abundance of a highly invasive ascidian, C. intestinalis, while other species were excluded or became rare in C. intestinalis-dominated communities (Blum et al. 2007).”
• Change in tropical rocky shore communities due to an alien coral invasion (2011, background): “In a study conducted by Blum et al. (2007) the non-native ascidian Ciona intestinalis depressed local species diversity and altered the community assembly processes, changing sessile community composition in San Francisco Bay, California, where it occurs in dense aggregations.”
• Anthropogenic structures and the infiltration of natural benthos by invasive ascidians (2012, background): “Some of these species are invasive and have had negative economic (Carver et al. 2003; McKindsey et al. 2007) and ecological impacts (Blum et al. 2007; Lutz-Collins et al. 2009) in receiving ecosystems.”
• Ecological interactions between the vase tunicate (Ciona intestinalis) and the farmed blue mussel (Mytilus edulis) in Nova Scotia, Canada (2009, background): “Many sessile marine communities are increasingly dominated by non-native ascidians, and species such as the vase tunicate (Ciona intestinalis Linnaeus 1767) have been shown to decrease species richness (Blum et al. 2007).”