Iceland: a laboratory for non-indigenous ascidians

• Published in: BioInvasions Records
• Main Authors: Ramos-Esplá, Alfonso A., Micael, Joana, Halldórsson, Halldór P., Gíslason, Sindri
• Other Authors: Universidad de Alicante. Departamento de Ciencias del Mar y Biología Aplicada, Biología Marina
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Regional Euro-Asian Biological Invasions Centre 2020
• Subjects: Biofouling; Global warming; Maritime traffic; NE Atlantic; Zoología; Arctic; Hafnarfjörður; Sandgerði; Suðurnes; Iceland
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10045/108918; https://doi.org/10.3391/bir.2020.9.3.01

Non-indigenous species (NIS) represent a serious problem worldwide, where ascidians are one of the most important taxa. However, little has been done to document the non-indigenous ascidians in Iceland, and over the past decade only two species had been recorded prior to the present study, Ciona int...