Marine Invaders and Bivalve Aquaculture: Sources, Impacts, and Consequences

The ecology, evolution, impacts and management of host–parasite interactions of marine molluscs

“…Molluscs, especially bivalves, are inadvertently introduced through shipping, fouling, ballast water, natural dispersal on floating debris and directed introductions via mariculture (e.g., Padilla and Williams, 2004;Ruesink et al, 2005;Molnar et al, 2008;Padilla et al, 2011). The rapid expansion of aquaculture may also provide possibilites for developing wide-spread monitoring disease programs that are required by permitting authorities.…”

“…(5) Disturbance agents that influence parasitism and disease, such as fishing and dredging (e.g., Huspeni and Lafferty, 2004;Hine, 1996;Cranfield et al, 1999Cranfield et al, , 2003Cranfield et al, , 2005Powell et al, 2012a). (6) The role of non-native (exotic) species introductions in influencing spatial and temporal patterns of parasites and disease (e.g., Harvell et al, 2002;Padilla and Williams, 2004;Padilla et al, 2011;Simberloff and Rejmánek, 2011;Burge et al, 2014;Lafferty and Harvell, 2014;Lafferty et al, 2015). (7) Examples of how parasites and disease have impacted native foundation or ecosystem engineers or biodiversity in complex ways (e.g., Naylor et al, 2001;Ruesink et al, 2005;Byers et al, 2006;Lambrinos, 2007;Molnar et al, 2008;Griffen, 2009;Sousa et al, 2009;Dumbauld et al, 2011).…”

Forecasting the economic impacts of two biofouling invaders on aquaculture production of green-lipped mussels Perna canaliculus in New Zealand

“…The costs of controlling biofouling in shellfish aquaculture have been estimated at 15−20% of the total operating costs (Watson et al 2009, Adams et al 2011. Invasive biofouling species add significantly to this burden, as they often occur in much greater density and biomass on farmed systems than on native plant and animal marine species (Padilla et al 2011). …”

Biodeposition, respiration, and excretion rates of an introduced clam Mercenaria mercenaria in ponds with implications for potential competition with the native clam Meretrix meretrix in Shuangtaizi estuary, China

“…Bivalve introductions as culture species (often referred to as non-indigenous, non-native, and invasive) for hundreds of years by humans to regions outside their native ranges have been considered as one of the greatest modes of introduced marine species (Mann, 1983;Chew, 1990;Padilla et al, 2011). Some practices are the introduction of the Bay scallop Argopecten irradians from America to China in 1982 (Zhang et al, 1986), the Pacifi c oyster Crassostrea gigas from Japan to the Pacifi c coast of North America in 1903 (Chew, 1990(Chew, , 2001, and the northern quahogs Mercenaria mercenaria from America to China in 1997 .…”