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Ballast water and bio-invasion: introduction of alien species associated with globalization

Vértices, 2010
Nowadays, there are hundreds of exotic plant species around the world due to the intense and artificial introduction caused by human intervention. Lately, this process has been intensified by globalization. Consequently, the competition generated between
Julio Gustavo Augusto da Silva Santos, Maurício Nunes Lamonica   +1 more
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BALLAST WATER: A POLYPHASIC APPROACH IN THE EVALUATION OF POTENTIAL PHYTOPLANKTONIC BIOINVASION

, 2021
Ellen DellAgnolo, Márcio da Silva Tamanaha, Charrid Resgalla   +2 more
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Biological invasion by Cenchrus ciliaris L.: is there an impact on Caatinga composition and diversity of herbaceous stratum?

Revista de Biologia Neotropical, 2018
Cenchrus ciliaris is native to South Asia and West Africa, considered one of the main invasive exotic species of Caatinga. This study aims to evaluate the effects caused by C.
Jasciane da Silva Alves, Juliano Ricardo Fabricante, Lailana Brito de Oliveira Reis, Glícia Silva de Moraes, Ellen Karoline Carvalho Silva   +4 more
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Animal interface: the generosity of domestication [PDF]

, 2007
The chapter engages with historical processes and contemporary conditions of animal domestication, arguing that domestication might best be seen as at least as much an emotive or affective process as an instrumental one.
Clark, Nigel
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The Aliens in Our Midst: Managing Our Ecosystems [PDF]

, 2014
"The Aliens in Our Midst: Managing Our Ecosystems," in Controversies in Science and Technology : From Sustainability to Surveillance, edited by Daniel Lee Kleinman, et al., Oxford University Press, Incorporated, 2014.
Subramaniam, Banu
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Effect of temperature on behavior, glycogen content, and mortality in Limnoperna fortunei (Dunker, 1857) (Bivalvia: Mytilidae)

Journal of Limnology, 2017
Limnoperna fortunei (Dunker 1857) is a freshwater mussel with physiological tolerance to different environmental conditions, which may explain its success as an invasive species. The role of abiotic factors in its establishment, abundance and projections
Jennifer T.M. Andrade, Nelmara I.S. Cordeiro, Lângia C. Montresor, Dalva M.R. Luz, Renata C.R. Luz, Carlos B. Martinez, Jairo Pinheiro, Adriano P. Paglia, Teofânia H.D.A. Vidigal   +8 more
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Farming of the seaweed Kappaphycus alvarezii in Tamil Nadu coast - status and constraints [PDF]

, 2011
Kappaphycus alvarezii is one of the economically important red algae, which yields carageenan, a commercially important polysaccharide. Carrageenans are used in a variety of commercial applications as gelling, thickening, and stabilizing agents ...
Gopakumar, G, Johnson, B
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First record of Ceratium furcoides (Dinophyta), an invasive species, in a temporary high-altitude lake in the Iron Quadrangle (MG, Southeast Brazil)

Brazilian Journal of Biology
Dinoflagellates of the genus Ceratium are generally marine organisms, but rare occurrences in freshwater have been observed in Brazil. In this paper we are recording for the first time the presence of Ceratium furcoides, an invasive species, in a shallow,
RA. Moreira, O. Rocha, RM. Santos, R. Laudares-Silva, ES. Dias, EM. Eskinazi-Sant’Anna   +5 more
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Dreissenid Mussel Research Priorities Workshop [PDF]

, 2015
Currently, dreissenid mussels have yet to be detected in the northwestern part of the United States and western Canada. Infestation of one of the jurisdictions within the mussel-free Pacific Northwest would likely have significant economic, soci­etal and
Counihan, Timothy D., Phillips, Stephen, Sytsma, Mark D.   +2 more
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Complete chloroplast genome of an invasive marine macroalga Ulva californica (Ulvophyceae, Chlorophyta). [PDF]

Mitochondrial DNA B Resour, 2022
Lin X, Liu W, Wei X, Jiang P.
europepmc   +1 more source