Ecological risk assessment of predicted marine invasions in the Canadian Arctic.

ABSTRACT: Climate change is impacting environmental conditions, especially with respect to temperature and ice cover in high latitude regions. Predictive models and risk assessment are key tools for understanding potential changes associated with such impacts on coastal regions. In this study relative ecological risk assessment was done for future potential introductions of three species in the Canadian Arctic: periwinkle Littorina littorea, soft shell clam Mya arenaria and red king crab Paralithodes camtschaticus. These species occur in locations connected to Canadian Arctic ports through shipping and have the potential to be introduced via ballast water discharge. The methodology proposed in this study is unique in the sense that it considers not only ballast water origin, but also the distributio

SUBMITTER: Goldsmit J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6366784 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature