Breaking the ice: the introduction of biofouling organisms to Antarctica on vessel hulls

• Published in: Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems
• Main Authors: Hughes, Kevin A., Ashton, Gail V.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2017
• Subjects: Arctic; Antarctic; Southern Ocean; The Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Rothera; Rothera Research Station; Neko; Whalers Bay; Cuverville; Cuverville Island; Half Moon Island; Goudier; Goudier Island; Neko Harbour; Antarc*; Antarctica; Sea ice
• Online Access: http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/511293/; https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/511293/1/Hughes_et_al-2017-Aquatic_Conservation__Marine_and_Freshwater_Ecosystems.pdf; http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/aqc.2625/abstract

1.Few reports exist that describe marine non-native species in the Southern Ocean and near-shore waters around the Antarctic continent. Nevertheless, Antarctica's isolated marine communities, which show high levels of endemism, may be vulnerable to invasion by anthropogenically introduced speci...