Assessing the port to port risk of vessel movements vectoring non-indigenous marine species within and across domestic Australian borders

Campbell, Marnie L.; Hewitt, Chad L.

doi:10.1080/08927014.2011.593715

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“…However, the attachment of unwanted aquatic species is strongly influenced by region, season [6–8], and usage of vessels [9–11], and suitable applications of AF paints rely on expert recommendation. Presently, the evaluation of new AF paints is conducted by paint manufacturers according to their respective protocols.…”

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A Method for Evaluating the Efficacy of Antifouling Paints Using Mytilus galloprovincialis in the Laboratory in a Flow-Through System

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A laboratory test with a flow-through system was designed and its applicability for testing antifouling paints of varying efficacies was investigated. Six different formulations of antifouling paints were prepared to have increasing contents (0 to 40 wt.%) of Cu2O, which is the most commonly used antifouling substance, and each formulation of paint was coated on just one surface of every test plate. The test plates were aged for 45 days by rotating them at a speed of 10 knots inside a cylinder drum. A behavioral test was then conducted using five mussels (Mytilus galloprovincialis) that were pasted onto the coated surface of each aged test plate. The number of the byssus threads produced by each mussel generally decreased with increasing Cu2O content of the paint. The newly designed method was considered valid owing to the high consistency of its results with observations from the field experiment.

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A Method for Evaluating the Efficacy of Antifouling Paints Using Mytilus galloprovincialis in the Laboratory in a Flow-Through System

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“…Carlton & Geller, 1993, Drake & Lodge, 2007Lee & Chown, 2009). Recipient or arrival port -A change in arrival port can result in a different suite of environmental conditions experienced by arriving organisms, such that the environmental match and likelihood of establishment may be strongly affected, when compared with previous ports (Campbell & Hewitt, 2011;Keller et al, 2011). Voyage route -Changes in voyage route can affect voyage duration and the environmental conditions experienced by associated organisms, both of which affect physiological condition and survivorship of organisms during transit Briski et al, 2012).…”

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“…2. Recipient or arrival port -A change in arrival port can result in a different suite of environmental conditions experienced by arriving organisms, such that the environmental match and likelihood of establishment may be strongly affected, when compared with previous ports (Campbell & Hewitt, 2011;Keller et al, 2011). 3.…”

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Projected effects of the Panama Canal expansion on shipping traffic and biological invasions

Muirhead

Minton

Miller

et al. 2014

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Aim The Panama Canal expansion, scheduled for completion in 2015, is expected to have major effects on commercial shipping and port operations throughout the world, with potential consequences for the transfer and establishment of non-indigenous species that remain largely unexplored. We developed a series of scenario-based models to examine how shipping traffic patterns may change after expansion and consider possible implications for species transfers and invasion dynamics in the USA. Location Coastal USA, excluding Alaska and HawaiiMethods Using a Monte Carlo simulation approach, we predicted changes in discharged ballast water, wetted surface area of ship hulls and frequency of ship arrivals modelled under scenarios that are based on (1) current shipping patterns from the western Pacific Rim to the USA, (2) estimates of fleet expansion and (3) diversion of traffic away from the US West Coast through the Panama Canal.Results During the 5-year period following canal expansion (2015-2019), our models estimated that the Gulf and East coasts would receive 78% and 99% median increases in total ballast discharge and 172% and 182% increases in total wetted surface area, respectively. For the West Coast, our models estimated 9.6% median decreases in both total ballast discharge and wetted surface area. We further predict that many ports in the Gulf and East coasts will receive up to three times the current number of arrivals and increased ballast water discharge, from this region after expansion.Main conclusions Our scenario-based analysis provides a first estimate for increases in frequency, magnitude and spatial distribution of exposure that the Gulf and East coasts will experience due to ships and ballast arriving from the western Pacific, following the canal expansion. If organisms transported via ballast water or ship hulls are able to survive transit of the canal, the predictions suggest increased likelihood of introduction along these coasts by species originating in the western Pacific.

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“…Marine vector‐based risk assessment methodology is well established in the scientific literature (Campbell & Hewitt, ; Keller et al ., ; Chan et al ., ; Floerl et al ., ) and in management arenas (Clarke et al ., ; Gollasch, ). This approach commonly uses environmental matching to quantify vulnerability to the negative impacts of NIS, whereby a high degree of environmental match is taken to mean high risk (Floerl et al ., ).…”

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Climate change, non‐indigenous species and shipping: assessing the risk of species introduction to a high‐Arctic archipelago

Ware

Berge

Sundet

et al. 2013

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Aim Anticipated changes in the global ocean climate will affect the vulnerability of marine ecosystems to the negative effects of non‐indigenous species (NIS). In the Arctic, there is a need to better characterize present and future marine biological introduction patterns and processes. We use a vector‐based assessment to estimate changes in the vulnerability of a high‐Arctic archipelago to marine NIS introduction and establishment. Location Global, with a case study of Svalbard, Norway. Methods We base our assessment on the level of connectedness to global NIS pools through the regional shipping network and predicted changes in ocean climates. Environmental match of ports connected to Svalbard was evaluated under present and future environmental conditions (2050 and 2100 predicted under the RCP8.5 emissions scenario). Risk of NIS introduction was then estimated based on the potential for known NIS to be transported (in ballast water or as biofouling), environmental match, and a qualitative estimate of propagule pressure. Results We show that Svalbard will become increasingly vulnerable to marine NIS introduction and establishment. Over the coming century, sea surface warming at high latitudes is estimated to increase the level of environmental match to nearly one‐third of ports previously visited by vessels travelling to Svalbard in 2011 (n = 136). The shipping network will then likely connect Svalbard to a much greater pool of known NIS, under conditions more favourable for their establishment. Research and fishing vessels were estimated to pose the highest risk of NIS introduction through biofouling, while ballast water discharge is estimated to pose an increased risk by the end of the century. Main conclusions In the absence of focused preventative management, the risk of NIS introduction and establishment in Svalbard, and the wider Arctic, will increase over coming decades, prompting a need to respond in policy and action.

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Assessing the port to port risk of vessel movements vectoring non-indigenous marine species within and across domestic Australian borders

Cited by 29 publications

References 49 publications

A Method for Evaluating the Efficacy of Antifouling Paints Using Mytilus galloprovincialis in the Laboratory in a Flow-Through System

A Method for Evaluating the Efficacy of Antifouling Paints Using Mytilus galloprovincialis in the Laboratory in a Flow-Through System

Projected effects of the Panama Canal expansion on shipping traffic and biological invasions

Climate change, non‐indigenous species and shipping: assessing the risk of species introduction to a high‐Arctic archipelago

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