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Forty years of experiments on aquatic invasive species: are study biases limiting our understanding of impacts?

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Thomsen, Mads, Wernberg, Thomas, Olden, Julian, Byers, James E., Bruno, John, Silliman, Brian, Schiel, David·2014·NeoBiota
DOI 10.3897/neobiota.22.6224
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Abstract

Invasions by non-native species are a threat to biodiversity because invaders can impact native populations, communities and entire ecosystems. To manage this threat, it is necessary to have a strong mechanistic understanding of how non-native species affect local species and communities. We reviewed 259 published papers (1972–2012) that described field experiments quantifying the impact of aquatic non-native species, to examine whether various types of study biases are limiting this understanding. Our review revealed that invasion impacts had been experimentally quantified for 101 aquatic non-native species, in all major freshwater and marine habitats, on all continents except Antarctica and for most higher taxonomic groupings. Over one-quarter (26%) of studies included tests for impacts on local biodiversity. However, despite this extensive research effort, certain taxa, habitats and regions remain poorly studied. For example, of the over one hundred species examined in previous studies, only one was a marine fish and only six were herbivores. Furthermore, over half (53%) the studies were from the USA and two-thirds (66%) were from experiments conducted in temperate latitudes. By contrast, only 3% of studies were from Africa and <2% from high latitudes. We also found that one-fifth (20%) of studies were conducted in estuaries, but only 1% from coral reefs. Finally, we note that the standard procedure of pooling or not reporting non-significant treatments and responses is likely to limit future synthetic advancement by biasing meta-analysis and severely limiting our ability to identify non-native species with none or negligible ecological impacts. In conclusion, a future focus on poorly-studied taxa, habitats and regions, and enhanced reporting of results, should improve our understanding and management of impacts associated with aquatic non-native species.

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  • Thomsen et al. (2014) reviewed aquatic alien species' experimental impact assessment surveys within 1972-2012 and found only one alien marine fish species studied by experiments among more than a hundred different species.

    “Also, Thomsen et al. (2014) reviewed aquatic alien species' experimental impact assessment surveys within forty years (1972-2012) and found only one alien marine fish species studied by experiments among more than a hundred different species.”

    From Bioinvasion impacts on biodiversity, ecosystem services, and human health in the Mediterranean Sea (2022) · cites this paper as Thomsen et al. 2014

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Metadata

Authors
Thomsen, M., Wernberg, T., Olden, J., Byers, J. E., Bruno, J., Silliman, B., & Schiel, D.
Affiliations
  • University of Washington (US)
  • University of Georgia (US)
  • University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (US)
  • Duke University (US)
  • University of Canterbury (NZ)
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Venue
NeoBiota
Publisher
Pensoft Publishers
Published
2014-06-26
Volume
22
Pages
1-22
ISSN
  • 1314-2488 (ISSN-L)
  • 1619-0033
DOI
10.3897/neobiota.22.6224
OpenAlex
W1992396144
Cited by
51
References
87
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FWCI
4.41
Type
journal article
Language
en
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  • NeoBiota (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • UWA Profiles and Research Repository (UWA) (submittedVersion, cc-by)
  • ZooKeys (submittedVersion, other-oa)
  • Biodiversity Heritage Library (Smithsonian Institution) (submittedVersion, cc-by)
  • DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion)
  • Publication Server of Goethe University Frankfurt am Main (Goethe University Frankfurt) (submittedVersion)
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research) (submittedVersion, cc-by)
Funders
  • National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research
  • Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación
  • Australian Research Council
Topics
  • Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Global and Planetary Change › Marine Ecology and Invasive Species
  • Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Nature and Landscape Conservation › Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
  • Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Nature and Landscape Conservation › Fish Ecology and Management Studies
Keywords
aquatic invasive species, introduced species, invasive species impacts, study bias, field experiments, biodiversity impacts, marine fish, herbivores, estuaries, coral reefs, meta-analysis bias

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