Journal
MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN
Volume 131, Issue -, Pages 10-16Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2018.03.038
Keywords
Alien invasive species; Rafting; Marine anthropogenic litter; Aquaculture areas; Mediterranean Sea; Algarve
Funding
- European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under the Marie Sklodowska-Curie grant [642197]
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The importance of mariculture areas for the dispersal of alien invasive species (AIS) on artificial floating items has recently been highlighted as a priority research need. Here we present the results of surveys in two important European shellfish culture areas that release rafting AIS, the Venetian lagoon and the Portuguese Algarve region. We found eight aquaculture-related non-native, invasive species attached to anthropogenic litter items mostly related to aquaculture: Amphibalanus amphitrite, Austrominius modestus, Balanus trigonus, Hesperibalattus fallax, Hydroides elegans, Hydroides sanctaecrucis, and Mazallana angulata. These species are well-adapted to rafting on artificial surfaces and have a high potential to disperse via this vector. This is the first record of the notorious nuisance species H. sanctaecrucis both in the Mediterranean and Eastern Atlantic, as well as on floating litter. We also present the first records of M. angulata, H. sanctaecrucis, Sabellcuia alveolata, Mytilus edulis and Chthamalus montagui on stranded anthropogenic litter.
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