Lorenzo Vilizzi
Wesley M. Daniel
Monica E. McGarrity
Hanna Bauer
Leslie Hartman
Stephen Geiger
Paul Sammarco
Steve Kolian
Scott Porter
Jessica Dutton
Matthew R. McClure
Michael Norberg
Alex Fogg
Timothy J. Lyons
Justin Procopio
Lauren Bantista
Wayne A Bennett
Mary Wicksten
David B. Reeves
Julie Lively
Elizabeth M. Robinson
Jorge Brenner
Joseph Goy
Ashley Morgan-Olvera
Anna L.E. Yunnie
Gordon H. Copp
Kathryn A. O’Shaughnessy
2023
<div class="P-Article-Preview-Block"><div class="P-Article-Preview-Block-Content"><p data-obkms-id="C537FD2C-3231-4050-AE3F-B2A123FCB77F">Prevention of non-native species introductions and establishment is essential to avoid adverse impacts of invasive species in marine environments. To identify potential new invasive species and inform non-native species management options for the northern Gulf of Mexico (Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas), 138 marine species were risk screened for current and future climate conditions using the Aquatic Species Invasiveness Screening Kit. Species were risk-ranked as low, medium, high, and very high risk based on separate (calibrated) thresholds for fishes, tunicates, and invertebrates. In the basic screening, 15 fishes, two tunicates, and 26 invertebrates were classified as high or very high risk under current climate conditions. Whereas, under future climate conditions, 16 fishes, three tunicates, and 33 invertebrates were classified as high or very high risk. Very high risk species included: California scorpionfish<span> </span><i><span><span class="tn" data-obkms-id="D8B2425E-36DC-42A1-9D96-6FE3B31CFFE8" data-taxon-parsed-name="Scorpaena guttata"><span class="genus">Scorpaena</span> <span class="species">guttata</span></span></span></i>, red scorpionfish<span> </span><i><span><span class="tn" data-obkms-id="3981FA6B-FDB5-4198-AE5A-15917B30F073" data-taxon-parsed-name="Scorpaena scrofa"><span class="genus">Scorpaena</span> <span class="species">scrofa</span></span></span></i>, purple whelk<span> </span><i><span><span class="tn" data-obkms-id="5F88CB09-65DA-420F-B3DF-C7F01E19EC12" data-taxon-parsed-name="Rapana venosa"><span class="genus">Rapana</span> <span class="species">venosa</span></span></span></i>, and Santo Domingo false mussel<span> </span><i><span><span class="tn" data-obkms-id="96E17F1E-D5C3-4016-9482-B277263D0095" data-taxon-parsed-name="Mytilopsis sallei"><span class="genus">Mytilopsis</span> <span class="species">sallei</span></span></span></i><span> </span>under both current and future climates, with weedy scorpionfish<span> </span><i><span><span class="tn" data-obkms-id="D7F0EFBE-721A-4D41-8AD9-1D457AD1F80E" data-taxon-parsed-name="Rhinopias frondosa"><span class="genus">Rhinopias</span> <span class="species">frondosa</span></span></span></i>, Papuan scorpionfish<span> </span><i><span><span class="tn" data-obkms-id="1C8E6A14-9513-43A6-BE59-E2EB41189B86" data-taxon-parsed-name="Scorpaenopsis papuensis"><span class="genus">Scorpaenopsis</span> <span class="species">papuensis</span></span></span></i>, daggertooth pike conger<span> </span><i><span><span class="tn" data-obkms-id="5BD4D093-5FEA-4299-B626-D903CAC2BB9B" data-taxon-parsed-name="Muraenesox cinereus"><span class="genus">Muraenesox</span> <span class="species">cinereus</span></span></span></i>, yellowfin scorpionfish<span> </span><i><span><span class="tn" data-obkms-id="383C0496-25B7-40DA-A6C9-AFD2B46561F6" data-taxon-parsed-name="Scorpaenopsis neglecta"><span class="genus">Scorpaenopsis</span> <span class="species">neglecta</span></span></span></i>, tassled scorpionfish<span> </span><i><span><span class="tn" data-obkms-id="A2A27373-9E1C-4E19-B198-9E12F7860C18" data-taxon-parsed-name="Scorpaenopsis oxycephalus"><span class="genus">Scorpaenopsis</span> <span class="species">oxycephalus</span></span></span></i>, brush-clawed shore crab<span> </span><i><span><span class="tn" data-obkms-id="FB5867B4-CA0B-4A1A-80BF-85465698EEC3" data-taxon-parsed-name="Hemigrapsus takanoi"><span class="genus">Hemigrapsus</span> <span class="species">takanoi</span></span></span></i>, honeycomb oyster<span> </span><i><span><span class="tn" data-obkms-id="50594E36-6B58-45AC-A4F7-9E8D0442EBAF" data-taxon-parsed-name="Hyotissa hyotis"><span class="genus">Hyotissa</span> <span class="species">hyotis</span></span></span></i>, carinate rock shell<span> </span><i><span><span class="tn" data-obkms-id="A672A7AE-C6FB-47FD-A4C0-EAA98D35A77F" data-taxon-parsed-name="Indothais lacera"><span class="genus">Indothais</span> <span class="species">lacera</span></span></span></i>, and Asian green mussel<span> </span><i><span><span class="tn" data-obkms-id="67311C47-F294-45FF-B04C-CCA0696050BA" data-taxon-parsed-name="Perna viridis"><span class="genus">Perna</span> <span class="species">viridis</span></span></span></i><span> </span>under climate change conditions only. This study provides evidence to inform trans-boundary management plans across the five Gulf of Mexico states to prevent, detect, and respond rapidly to new species arrivals.</p></div></div>
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Regional Euro-Asian Biological Invasions Centre
Horizon scanning for potentially invasive non-native marine species to inform trans-boundary conservation management – Example of the northern Gulf of Mexico
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