Marine alien species of South Africa — status and impacts

By T. Robinson, Charles L. Griffiths, C. McQuaid, M. Rius. 2005

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Subfields: Global and Planetary Change, Management Information Systems

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In Global and Planetary Change

1. M. Rius
2. James T. Carlton
3. C. McQuaid
4. Charles L. Griffiths
5. H. MacIsaac
6. G. Zardi
7. K. Nicastro
8. A. Mead

In Management Information Systems

1. James T. Carlton
2. C. McQuaid

Citations in the corpus

• Hydrodynamic stress and habitat partitioning between indigenous (Perna perna) and invasive (Mytilus galloprovincialis) mussels: constraints of an evolutionary strategy (2006, background): “Both species live on the lower shore (referred to here as the mussel zone), but the upper and the lower areas of the mussel zone are dominated by M. galloprovincialis and P. perna, respectively, while the two co-exist in the mid-mussel zone (Hockey and van Erkom Shurink 1992; Robinson et al. 2005 )”
• Wave action and competitive interaction between the invasive mussel Mytilus galloprovincialis and the indigenous Perna perna in South Africa (2006, background): “While the majority of these remain restricted to harbours and sheltered lagoons or estuaries, a single species, the Mediterranean mussel Mytilus galloprovincialis (Lamarck), has spread extensively ( Robinson et al. 2005 ) and is now the most abundant alien marine species along the South African coas”
• Deep Invasion Ecology and the Assembly of Communities in Historical Time (2009, background): “The list of 22 species in South Africa (which has had European and transglobal shipping contact steadily since the 1500s) is rapidally expanding as more information is gathered; only 10 species were listed in the Robinson et al. (2005) publication vs the 22 in Chap.”
• Balancing survival and reproduction: seasonality of wave action, attachment strength and reproductive output in indigenous Perna perna and invasive Mytilus galloprovincialis mussels (2007, background): “…(van Erkom Schurink & Griffiths 1991, Harris et al. 1998), which, together with fast growth, and the ability to colonise free space very rapidly (Erlandsson et al. 2006) could be responsible for allowing it to become the most abundant alien marine species in South Africa (Robinson et al. 2005).”
• Ascidians as models for studying invasion success (2015, background): “Usually, invasive ascidians reduce harvest and increase production costs owing to competition with and biofouling on cultured species (Robinson et al. 2005; McKindsey et al. 2007; Adams et al. 2011; Fitridge et al. 2012; Fletcher et al. 2013).”
• The non-native solitary ascidian Ciona intestinalis (L.) depresses species richness (2007, background): “intestinalis has been introduced from northern Europe into bays on both coasts of North America, in New Zealand, the Mediterranean, Australia, Korea, Hawaii, Chile, South Africa, and Hong Kong (Lambert and Lambert, 1998, 2003; Castilla et al., 2005; Robinson et al., 2005).”
• Ltd Registered in England and Wales Registered Number : 1072954 Registered office : (2004, background): “galloprovinvialis invaded South Africa (Robinson et al. 2005), and now occupies the entire west coast of South Africa and the southern half of Namibia (Branch and Steffani 2004).”
• Introduced and cryptogenic marine and estuarine species of South Africa (2011, background): “…DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2011.595836 http://www.informaworld.com expertise, challenges with taxonomic resolution globally of a number of species and a lack of surveys across a number of marine environments and regions in South Africa (Robinson et al. 2005; Griffiths et al. 2010; Mead et al. 2011).”
• Unexpected genetic structure of mussel populations in South Africa: indigenous Perna perna and invasive Mytilus galloprovincialis (2007, background): “In the last 10 yr, its expansion on the south coast has virtually ceased, and it may have reached its biogeographic limit (Robinson et al. 2005).”
• Changes in South African rocky intertidal invertebrate community structure associated with the invasion of the mussel Mytilus galloprovincialis (2007, background): “As the most abundant and widespread invasive marine species in this region (Robinson et al. 2005), M. galloprovincialis has partially displaced the local mussels Choromytilus meridionalis and Aulacomya ater along the west coast (Hockey & Van Erkom Schurink 1992), while exhibiting spatial…”
• Revealing the scale of marine bioinvasions in developing regions: a South African re-assessment (2011, background): “Besides historical data gaps, Robinson et al. (2005) note that large areas of the South African coastline remain unexplored in terms of marine introductions.”