Biological invasions constitute a major environmental change driver, affecting conservation, agriculture and human health. Invasive alien species (IAS) impacts include, alterations of …
Environmental DNA (eDNA) has been established as a noninvasive and efficient approach to sample genetic material from aquatic environments. Although most commonly used to …
KD Balasingham, RP Walter, NE Mandrak… - Molecular …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
The extraction and characterization of DNA from aquatic environmental samples offers an alternative, noninvasive approach for the detection of rare species. Environmental DNA …
Introductions of non-indigenous species (NIS) are considered a major threat to aquatic ecosystems worldwide. While it is valuable to know the distributions and ranges of NIS …
J Brandner, AF Cerwenka, UK Schliewen, J Geist - PLoS One, 2013 - journals.plos.org
Few studies have systematically investigated differences in performance, morphology and parasitic load of invaders at different stages of an invasion. This study analyzed phenotype …
J Brandner, K Auerswald, AF Cerwenka, UK Schliewen… - Hydrobiologia, 2013 - Springer
Abstract Invasions of Ponto-Caspian gobiid fishes are suspected to cause regime shifts in freshwater ecosystems. This study compared the trophic niche differentiations of Neogobius …
LR Nathan, CL Jerde, ML Budny… - Conservation …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Over 180 non‐native species have been introduced in the Laurentian Great Lakes region, many posing threats to native species and ecosystem functioning. One potential pathway for …
JW Behrens, M van Deurs, EAF Christensen - PLoS One, 2017 - journals.plos.org
Non-indigenous species (NIS) can impact marine biodiversity and ecosystem structure and function. Once introduced into a new region, secondary dispersal is limited by the …
The rates of upstream and downstream range expansion of the round goby (Neogobius melanostomus) were examined in the Trent-Severn Waterway in 2009 and 2010. Relative …