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Hull fouling as an invasion vector: can simple models explain a complex problem?

  1. Francisco Sylvester1,2,
  2. Odion Kalaci1,
  3. Brian Leung3,4,
  4. Anaïs Lacoursière-Roussel3,
  5. Cathryn Clarke Murray5,
  6. Francis M. Choi5,
  7. Monica A. Bravo6,
  8. Thomas W. Therriault7,
  9. Hugh J. MacIsaac1

Article first published online: 16 FEB 2011

DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2664.2011.01957.x

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Journal of Applied Ecology

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volume 48, Issue 2, pages 415–423, April 2011

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Sylvester, F., Kalaci, O., Leung, B., Lacoursière-Roussel, A., Murray, C. C., Choi, F. M., Bravo, M. A., Therriault, T. W. and MacIsaac, H. J. (2011), Hull fouling as an invasion vector: can simple models explain a complex problem?. Journal of Applied Ecology, 48: 415–423. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2664.2011.01957.x

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  1. 1

    Great Lakes Institute for Environmental Research, University of Windsor, Windsor, Ontario N9B 3P4, Canada

  2. 2

    Departamento de Ecología, Genética y Evolución, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires, C1428EHA Buenos Aires, Argentina

  3. 3

    Department of Biology, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec H3A 1B1, Canada

  4. 4

    School of Environment, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec H3A 2A7, Canada

  5. 5

    Department of Earth and Ocean Sciences, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z3, Canada

  6. 6

    Bedford Institute of Oceanography, Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia B2Y 4A2, Canada

  7. 7

    Pacific Biological Station, Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Nanaimo, British Columbia V9T 6N7, Canada

* Correspondence author. E-mail: fsylvester@ege.fcen.uba.ar

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 14 MAR 2011
  2. Article first published online: 16 FEB 2011
  3. Received 9 August 2010; accepted 30 January 2011 , Handling Editor: Melanie Austen

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Appendix S1. Hull-fouling invertebrate specimens identified to species. Sampling port: H= Halifax, V= Vancouver, HV= both. Habitat: M= marine, E= estuarine, F= freshwater, B= brackish water. Invasive status: E-NIS= established NIS; NE-NIS= non-established NIS; NIS= nonindigenous species. Invasive status is indicated only for taxa found in each port. Where necessary, the port where live specimens were found is indicated in parentheses.

Appendix S2. Hull-fouling specimens not identified to species. NIS= taxon has NIS, NE-taxa= non-established taxa; rest of the codes as per Appendix 1.

Appendix S3. Supplementary information on hull fouling communities and vessels sampled in the ports of Halifax and Vancouver. Coast codes for vessels: EC= east coast, WC= west coast.

Appendix S4. Plot of observed values vs. values predicted by process models of gains and losses for sampled species richness (a), number of individuals (b), and number of individuals ship−1 (c). Species r2= 0·43, individuals r2= 0·26, and individuals ship−1 r2= 0·86; the last model was not predictive for 31 of 39 points which did not follow the overall pattern.

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