Biological Invasions in Marine Ecosystems : Ecological, Management, and Geographic Perspectives - Rilov, Gil.; Crooks, Jeffrey A.; SpringerLink (Online service) (Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2009)
Perspectives on Marine Invasions -- Marine Bioinvasions: Conservation Hazards and Vehicles for Ecological Understanding -- Deep Invasion Ecology and the Assembly of Communities in Historical Time -- Natural and Climate Change Mediated Invasions -- Modeling Marine Invasions: Current and Future Approaches -- Invader Arrival -- Characterizing Vectors of Marine Invasion -- The Vessel as a Vector - Biofouling, Ballast Water and Sediments -- The Role of Propagule Pressure in Invasion Success -- Differentiating Successful and Failed Invaders: Species Pools and the Importance of Defining Vector, Source and Recipient Regions -- Invader Establishment -- The Establishment of Invasive Species -- The Role of Phenotypic Plasticity in Marine Biological Invasions -- Escape from Parasites -- Ecological Factors Affecting Community Invasibility -- Invader Integration into Ecosystems -- The Integration of Invasive Species into Marine Ecosystemss -- Competition in Marine Invasions -- Predator-Prey Interactions of Marine Invaders -- The Role of Exotic Marine Ecosystem Engineers -- Multitrophic Effects of Invasions in Marine and Estuarine Systems -- Management Perspectives -- Marine Bioinvasion Management: Structural Framework -- Examples of Current International, Regional and National Regulatory Frameworks for Preventing and Managing Marine Bioinvasions -- An Overview of Risk Assessment in a Marine Biosecurity Context -- Differing Consequences of Removing Ecosystem-Modifying Invaders: Significance of Impact and Community Context to Restoration Potential -- Geographic Perspectives -- Geographic Perspectives of Invasions in the Sea -- The Status and Distribution of Marine Alien Species in South Africa -- Marine Invasions in New Zealand: A History of Complex Supply-Side Dynamics -- Marine Bioinvasions in Australia -- Marine Bioinvasions in the Southeastern Pacific: Status, Ecology, Economic Impacts, Conservation and Management -- Marine Bioinvasions in the Brazilian Coast: Brief Report on History of Events, Vectors, Ecology, Impacts and Management of Non-indigenous Species -- Four Centuries of Biological Invasions in Tidal Waters of the Chesapeake Bay Region -- Introduced Aquatic Species of the North Sea Coasts and Adjacent Brackish Waters -- European Enclosed and Semi-enclosed Seas -- Marine Bioinvasions in the Mediterranean Sea - History, Distribution and Ecology -- A First Assessment of Invasive Marine Species on Chinese and Korean Coasts -- Invasions of Estuaries vs the Adjacent Open Coast: A Global Perspective -- Concluding Thoughts -- Future Directions For Marine Invasions Research.
Keywords: Aquatic ecology .; Life sciences; Animal ecology; Marine sciences; Freshwater; Wildlife; Fish; Conservation biology; Ecology .; Freshwater & Marine Ecology; Life Sciences, general; Animal Ecology; Marine & Freshwater Sciences; Fish & Wildlife Biology & Management; Conservation Biology/Ecology.