Dispersal models alert on the risk of non-native species introduction by Ballast water in protected areas from the Western Antarctic Peninsula

• Main Authors: Dulière, Valérie, Guillaumot, Charlène, Lacroix, Geneviève, Saucède, Thomas, López-Farrán, Zambra, Danis, Bruno, Schön, Isa, Baetens, Katrijn
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2022
• Subjects: Ecologie; Evolution des espèces; Antarctic tourism; ballast water; dispersal modelling; invasive species; marine protected areas; maritime traffic; Southern Ocean; Antarctic; The Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Deception Island; Antarc*
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/2013/ULB-DIPOT:oai:dipot.ulb.ac.be:2013/340449; https://dipot.ulb.ac.be/dspace/bitstream/2013/340449/3/Duliere_et_al._2022.pdf

Aim: The Western Antarctic Peninsula is challenged by climate change and increasing maritime traffic that together facilitate the introduction of marine non-native species from warmer regions neighbouring the Southern Ocean. Ballast water exchange has been frequently reported as an introduction vect...