Research priorities for assessing potential impacts of emerging marine renewable energy technologies: Insights from developments in Wales (UK)

RC Roche, K Walker-Springett, PE Robins, J Jones… - Renewable Energy, 2016 - Elsevier
The marine renewable energy industry is expanding globally in response to increased
energy demands and the desire to curtail greenhouse gas emissions. Within the UK, Wales …

[HTML][HTML] Assessing the potential for invasive species introductions and secondary spread using vessel movements in maritime ports

KE Costello, SA Lynch, R McAllen, RM O'Riordan… - Marine Pollution …, 2022 - Elsevier
Global shipping facilitates the introduction of invasive species and parasites via ballast
water and hull fouling. Regional management of invasives may be strengthened by …

[HTML][HTML] Abundance and distribution of non-indigenous Calyptraeidae gastropods along north and central Atlantic shores of Portugal

M Rubal, J Fernández-Gutiérrez… - Continental Shelf …, 2023 - Elsevier
Two non-indigenous species of slipper limpets (Gastropoda: Calyptraeidae) have been
recorded in NW Europe: Crepidula fornicata and Crepipatella dilatata. Although the former is …

Citizen scientists contributing to alien species detection: The case of fishes and mollusks in European marine waters

V Kousteni, K Tsiamis, E Gervasini, A Zenetos… - …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Citizen science (CS) expands the spatial and temporal scale of alien species records. As
such, it has been recognized as a complementary tool in alien species management and …

CryoEM structure and Alphafold molecular modelling of a novel molluscan hemocyanin

G Pasqualetto, A Mack, E Lewis, R Cooper, A Holland… - Plos one, 2023 - journals.plos.org
Hemocyanins are multimeric oxygen transport proteins present in the blood of arthropods
and molluscs, containing up to 8 oxygen-binding functional units per monomer. In molluscs …

Community composition influences the population growth and ecological impact of invasive species in response to climate change

D Denley, A Metaxas, K Fennel - Oecologia, 2019 - Springer
Predicting long-term impacts of introduced species is challenging, since stressors related to
global change can influence species–community interactions by affecting both demographic …

The invasive, non-native slipper limpet Crepidula fornicata is poorly adapted to sediment burial

C Powell-Jennings, R Callaway - Marine Pollution Bulletin, 2018 - Elsevier
Abstract The American slipper limpet Crepidula fornicata is an invasive, non-native species
(INNS) abundant along the European coast. Its further distribution may be facilitated by …

[PDF][PDF] Predicting the dispersal of wild Pacific oysters Crassostrea gigas (Thunberg, 1793) from an existing frontier population—a numerical study

P Robins, J King, S Jenkins, A Tita - Aquatic Invasions, 2017 - research.bangor.ac.uk
Non-native populations of Pacific oysters Crassostrea gigas (Thunberg 1793) are
established around the United Kingdom (UK), with two genetically different stocks …

Invasive slipper limpets Crepidula fornicata are hosts for sterilizing digenean parasites

EA Quinn, JE Thomas, SH Malkin, MJ Eley, CJ Coates… - Parasitology, 2022 - cambridge.org
Invasion and spread of alien species can drive ecosystem changes, such as, the dynamics
of infectious diseases. The non-native, marine gastropod Crepidula fornicata has become …

[PDF][PDF] Ocean temperature does not limit the establishment and rate of secondary spread of an ecologically significant invasive bryozoan in the northwest Atlantic.

D Denley, A Metaxas, N Simard - Aquatic Invasions, 2019 - researchgate.net
A mechanistic understanding of the factors that influence establishment and secondary
spread of introduced species is critical for predicting the spatial extent and magnitude of …