Eradication success down under: Heat treatment of a sunken trawler to kill the invasive seaweed Undaria pinnatifida

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 49, Issue 9-10, 2004, Pages 844-849

  Wotton, Debra M ^a,d   O'Brien, Chris ^a   Stuart, Mike D ^b   Fergus, Dougal J ^c  

^a Ministry for Primary Industries   (New Zealand)

^b Enviromarine Ltd   (New Zealand)

^c New Zealand Diving and Salvage Ltd   (New Zealand)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Biological invasions; Biological pollution; Eradication; Hull fouling; Marine pests; New Zealand; Undaria pinnatifida

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; FISHING VESSELS; OCEAN HABITATS; SEAWEED;

ERADICATION PROGRAM; INVASIVE SPECIES; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MULTIPLE LIFE HISTORY STAGES;

HEAT TREATMENT;

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; HEATING; SEAWEED; UNDERWATER ENVIRONMENT;

ARTICLE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; HEAT TREATMENT; NEW ZEALAND; NONHUMAN; SEAWEED; SHIP; SPECIES INVASION; UNDARIA PINNATIFIDA;

CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; HEAT; NEW ZEALAND; PEST CONTROL; SHIPS; UNDARIA;

AUSTRALASIA; CHATHAM ISLANDS; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; NEW ZEALAND; OCEANIC REGIONS; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; WORLD;

ALGAE; UNDARIA; UNDARIA PINNATIFIDA;

EID: 7744245164     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2004.05.001     Document Type: Article

References (23)

1. Bax, N., Hayes, K., Marshall, A., Parry, D., Thresher, R., 2002. Man-made marinas as sheltered islands for alien marine organisms: establishment and eradication of an alien invasive marine species. In: Veitch, C.R., Clout, M.N. (Eds.), Turning the tide: The Eradication of Invasive Species. Proceedings of the International Conference on Eradication of Island Invasives. IUCN SSC Invasive Species Specialist Group. IUCN, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK, pp. 26-39
2. Bax N., Carlton J.T., Mathews-Amos A., Haedrich R.L., Howarth F.G., Purcell J.E., Rieser A., Gray A. The control of biological invasions in the world's oceans. Conservation Biology. 15(5):2001;1234-1246
3. Carlton J.T., Hodder J. Biogeography and dispersal of coastal marine organisms: experimental studies on a replica of a 16th century sailing vessel. Marine Biology. 121:1995;721-730
4. Cohen A.N., Carlton J.T. Accelerating invasion rate in a highly invaded estuary. Science. 279:1998;555-558
5. Coutts, A.D.M., 1999. Hull fouling as a modern vector for marine biological invasions: investigation of merchant vessels visiting northern Tasmania. Unpublished Masters Thesis, Australian Maritime College, Launceston
6. Cranfield, H.J., Gordon, D.P., Willan, R.C., Marshall, B.A., Battershill, C.N., Francis, M.P., Nelson, W.A., Glasby, C.J., Read, G.B., 1998. Adventive marine species in New Zealand. NIWA Technical Report No. 34. National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research, Wellington, New Zealand
7. Culver C.S., Kuris A.M. The apparent eradication of a locally established introduced marine pest. Biological Invasions. 2:2000;245-253
8. Gollasch S. The importance of ship hull fouling as a vector of species introductions in the North Sea. Biofouling. 18:2002;105-121
9. Hay C.H. The dispersal of sporophytes of Undaria pinnatifida by coastal shipping in New Zealand, and implications for further dispersal of Undaria in France. British Phycological Journal. 25:1990;301-313
10. Hay C.H., Luckens P.A. The Asian kelp Undaria pinnatifida (Phaeophyta: Laminariales) found in a New Zealand harbour. New Zealand Journal of Botany. 25:1987;329-332
11. Hay C.H., Villouta E. Seasonality of the adventive Asian kelp Undaria pinnatifida in New Zealand. Botanica Marina. 36:1993;461-476
12. Hewitt C.L. Marine biosecurity issues in the world oceans: global activities and Australian directions. Ocean Yearbook. 17:2003;193-212
13. Hewitt C.L., Campbell M.L. The Australian distribution of the introduced sphaeromatid isopod Paracerceis sculpta (Homes 1904). Crustaceana. 78:2001;925-936
14. Hewitt, C.L., Campbell, M.L., McEnnulty, F., Moore, K.M., Murfet, N.B., Robertson, B., Schaffelke, B., in press-a. Efficacy of physical removal of a marine pest: the introduced kelp Undaria pinnatifida in a Tasmanian Marine Reserve. Biological Invasions
15. Hewitt C.L., Campbell M.L., Thresher R.E., Martin R.B., Boyd S., Cohen B.F., Currie D.R., Gomon M.F., Keogh M.J., Lewis J.A., Lockett M.M., Mays N., McArthur M.A., O'Hara T.D., Poore G.C.B., Ross D.J., Storey M.J., Watson J.E., Wilson R.S. Introduced and cryptogenic species in Port Phillip Bay, Victoria, Australia. Marine Biology. 144(1):2004;183-202
16. Nelson, W.A., Adams, N.M., Hay, C.H., 1991. Marine algae of the Chatham Islands. National Museum of New Zealand Miscellaneous Series No. 23, Wellington, New Zealand
17. Rainer, S.F., 1995. Potential for the introduction and translocation of exotic species by hull fouling: a preliminary investigation. CRIMP Technical Report No. 1. CSIRO Marine Laboratories, Hobart, Australia
18. Silva P.C., Woodfield R.A., Cohen A.N., Harris L.H., Goddard J.H.R. First report of the Asian kelp Undaria pinnatifida in the northwestern Pacific Ocean. Biological Invasions. 4:2002;333-338
19. Stuart, M., 1997. The seasonal ecophysiology of Undaria pinnatifida (Harvey) Suringar in Otago Harbour, New Zealand. Unpublished Ph.D. Thesis, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand
20. Thresher, R.E., Hewitt, C.L., Campbell, M.L., 1999. Synthesis: introduced and cryptogenic species in Port Phillip Bay. In Hewitt, C.L., Campbell, M.L., Thresher, R.E., Martin, R.B. (Eds.) Marine Biological Invasions of Port Phillip Bay, Victoria. CRIMP Technical Report No. 20, CSIRO Marine Research, Hobart, pp. 283-295
21. Vitousek P.M., Mooney H.A., Lubchenco J., Melillo J.M. Human domination of Earth's ecosystems. Science. 277:1997;494-499
22. Webb, V.L., Allen, S.E., 2001. Efficacy of hot water treatments against the gametophytes of Undaria pinnatifida. Unpublished report prepared for the Department of Conservation, Southland Conservancy, New Zealand
23. Wotton D.M., Hewitt C.L. Marine biosecurity post-border management: developing incursion response systems for New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research. 38(3):2004;553-559