| Title | Aquatic invasive species: challenges for the future |
| Abstract | Humans have effectively transported thousands of species around the globe and, with accelerated trade; the rate of introductions has increased over time. Aquatic ecosystems seem at particular risk from invasive species because of threats to biodiversity and human needs for water resources. Here, we review some known aspects of aquatic invasive species (AIS) and explore several new questions. We describe impacts of AIS, factors limiting their dispersal, and the role that humans play in transporting AIS. We also review the characteristics of species that should be the greatest threat for future invasions, including those that pave the way for invasions by other species ("invasional meltdown"). Susceptible aquatic communities, such as reservoirs, may serve as stepping stones for invasions of new landscapes. Some microbes disperse long distance, infect new hosts and grow in the external aquatic medium, a process that has consequences for human health. We also discuss the interaction between species invasions and other human impacts (climate change, landscape conversion), as well as the possible connection of invasions with regime shifts in lakes. Since many invaders become permanent features of the environment, we discuss how humans live with invasive species, and conclude with questions for future research. |
| Source | Hydrobiologia (The Hague. Print) 750 (1), pp. 147–170 |
| Keywords | Climate changeDispersal barriersFunctional homogenizationInvasibilityInvasional meltdownInvasivenessPropagule pressureRegime shiftsReservoirs |
| Journal | Hydrobiologia (The Hague. Print) |
| Editor | Kluwer Academic Publishers, Boston, Paesi Bassi |
| Year | 2015 |
| Type | Articolo in rivista |
| DOI | 10.1007/s10750-014-2166-0 |
| Authors | Havel, John E.; Kovalenko, Katya E.; Thomaz, Sidinei Magela; Amalfitano, Stefano; Kats, Lee B. |
| Text | 336794 2015 10.1007/s10750 014 2166 0 ISI Web of Science WOS 000350244600010 Scopus 2 s2.0 84925481874 Climate change Dispersal barriers Functional homogenization Invasibility Invasional meltdown Invasiveness Propagule pressure Regime shifts Reservoirs Aquatic invasive species challenges for the future Havel, John E.; Kovalenko, Katya E.; Thomaz, Sidinei Magela; Amalfitano, Stefano; Kats, Lee B. Missouri State Univ; object Object ; object Object ; Water Res Inst IRSA CNR; object Object Humans have effectively transported thousands of species around the globe and, with accelerated trade; the rate of introductions has increased over time. Aquatic ecosystems seem at particular risk from invasive species because of threats to biodiversity and human needs for water resources. Here, we review some known aspects of aquatic invasive species AIS and explore several new questions. We describe impacts of AIS, factors limiting their dispersal, and the role that humans play in transporting AIS. We also review the characteristics of species that should be the greatest threat for future invasions, including those that pave the way for invasions by other species invasional meltdown . Susceptible aquatic communities, such as reservoirs, may serve as stepping stones for invasions of new landscapes. Some microbes disperse long distance, infect new hosts and grow in the external aquatic medium, a process that has consequences for human health. We also discuss the interaction between species invasions and other human impacts climate change, landscape conversion , as well as the possible connection of invasions with regime shifts in lakes. Since many invaders become permanent features of the environment, we discuss how humans live with invasive species, and conclude with questions for future research. 750 Published version Aquatic invasive species challenges for the future Versione pubblicata Havel_2015_Hydrobiologia_AIS.pdf Articolo in rivista Kluwer Academic Publishers 0018 8158 Hydrobiologia The Hague. Print Hydrobiologia The Hague. Print Hydrobiologia The Hague. Print Hydrobiologia. The Hague. Print Hydrobiologia Dordrecht The Hague. Print Hydrobiologia Boston The Hague. Print Hydrobiologia London The Hague. Print stefano.amalfitano AMALFITANO STEFANO |
