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Recreational boats routinely transfer organisms and promote marine bioinvasions by Ashton, Gail V., Zabin, Chela J., Davidson, Ian C., Ruiz, Gregory M.

“…Recreational boats and their marinas are important components of the hub-and-spoke model of invasion in coastal marine systems. Like most vectors, however,…”
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Lack of long-term acclimation in Antarctic encrusting species suggests vulnerability to warming by Clark, Melody S., Villota Nieva, Leyre, Hoffman, Joseph I., Davies, Andrew J., Trivedi, Urmi H., Turner, Frances, Ashton, Gail V., Peck, Lloyd S.

“…Marine encrusting communities play vital roles in benthic ecosystems and have major economic implications with regards to biofouling. However, their ability to…”
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Warming by 1°C Drives Species and Assemblage Level Responses in Antarctica’s Marine Shallows by Ashton, Gail V., Morley, Simon A., Barnes, David K.A., Clark, Melody S., Peck, Lloyd S.

“…Forecasting assemblage-level responses to climate change remains one of the greatest challenges in global ecology [1, 2]. Data from the marine realm are…”
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Predator control of marine communities increases with temperature across 115 degrees of latitude by Ashton, Gail V, Freestone, Amy L, Duffy, J Emmett, Torchin, Mark E, Sewall, Brent J, Tracy, Brianna, Albano, Mariano, Altieri, Andrew H, Altvater, Luciana, Bastida-Zavala, Rolando, Bortolus, Alejandro, Brante, Antonio, Bravo, Viviana, Brown, Norah, Buschmann, Alejandro H, Buskey, Edward, Barrera, Rosita Calderón, Cheng, Brian, Collin, Rachel, Coutinho, Ricardo, De Gracia, Luis, Dias, Gustavo M, DiBacco, Claudio, Flores, Augusto A V, Haddad, Maria Angélica, Hoffman, Zvi, Erquiaga, Bruno Ibañez, Janiak, Dean, Campeán, Analí Jiménez, Keith, Inti, Leclerc, Jean-Charles, Lecompte-Pérez, Orlando Pedro, Longo, Guilherme Ortigara, Matthews-Cascon, Helena, McKenzie, Cynthia H, Miller, Jessica, Munizaga, Martín, Naval-Xavier, Lais P D, Navarrete, Sergio A, Otálora, Carlos, Palomino-Alvarez, Lilian A, Palomo, Maria Gabriela, Patrick, Chris, Pegau, Cormack, Pereda, Sandra V, Rocha, Rosana M, Rumbold, Carlos, Sánchez, Carlos, Sanjuan-Muñoz, Adolfo, Schlöder, Carmen, Schwindt, Evangelina, Seemann, Janina, Shanks, Alan, Simoes, Nuno, Skinner, Luis, Suárez-Mozo, Nancy Yolimar, Thiel, Martin, Valdivia, Nelson, Velez-Zuazo, Ximena, Vieira, Edson A, Vildoso, Bruno, Wehrtmann, Ingo S, Whalen, Matt, Wilbur, Lynn, Ruiz, Gregory M

“…Early naturalists suggested that predation intensity increases toward the tropics, affecting fundamental ecological and evolutionary processes by latitude, but…”
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Breaking the ice: the introduction of biofouling organisms to Antarctica on vessel hulls by Hughes, Kevin A., Ashton, Gail V.

“…Few reports exist that describe marine non‐native species in the Southern Ocean and near‐shore waters around the Antarctic continent. Nevertheless,…”
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Stage-specific overcompensation, the hydra effect, and the failure to eradicate an invasive predator by Grosholz, Edwin, Ashton, Gail, Bradley, Marko, Brown, Chris, Ceballos-Osuna, Lina, Chang, Andrew, de Rivera, Catherine, Gonzalez, Julie, Heineke, Marcella, Marraffini, Michelle, McCann, Linda, Pollard, Erica, Pritchard, Ian, Ruiz, Gregory, Turner, Brian, Tepolt, Carolyn

“…As biological invasions continue to increase globally, eradication programs have been undertaken at significant cost, often without consideration of relevant…”
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Managing Multiple Vectors for Marine Invasions in an Increasingly Connected World by Williams, Susan L, Davidson, Ian C, Pasari, Jae R, Ashton, Gail V, Carlton, James T, Crafton, R. Eliot, Fontana, Rachel E, Grosholz, Edwin D, Miller, A. Whitman, Ruiz, Gregory M, Zabin, Chela J

“…Invasive species remain a major environmental problem in the world's oceans. Managing the vectors of introduction is the most effective means of mitigating…”
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An experimental test of stationary lay-up periods and simulated transit on biofouling accumulation and transfer on ships by Davidson, Ian C., Smith, George, Ashton, Gail V., Ruiz, Gregory M., Scianni, Christopher

“…Biofouling accumulation on ships' submerged surfaces typically occurs during stationary periods that render surfaces more susceptible to colonization than when…”
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Biofouling hydroids (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa) from a Tropical Eastern Pacific island, with remarks on their biogeography by Calder, Dale R., Carlton, James T., Keith, Inti, Ashton, Gail V., Larson, Kristen, Ruiz, Gregory M., Herrera, Esteban, Golfin, Geiner

“…The hydroids of Cocos Island (Isla del Coco), Costa Rica, have received scant attention and are poorly known. Only 11 species have been reported from there…”
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Spatial and temporal dynamics of Antarctic shallow soft-bottom benthic communities: ecological drivers under climate change by Vause, Belinda J, Morley, Simon A, Fonseca, Vera G, Jażdżewska, Anna, Ashton, Gail V, Barnes, David K A, Giebner, Hendrik, Clark, Melody S, Peck, Lloyd S

“…Marine soft sediments are some of the most widespread habitats in the ocean, playing a vital role in global carbon cycling, but are amongst the least studied…”
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Response to van der Meer by Ashton, Gail V, Barnes, David K A, Morley, Simon A, Peck, Lloyd S

“…In our recent Current Biology paper [1], we describe an ocean warming experiment in which we manipulated the temperature of panels set on the seafloor to…”
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Settlement plates as monitoring devices for non-indigenous species in marine fouling communities by Marraffini, Michelle L, Ashton, Gail V, Brown, Chris W, Chang, Andrew L, Ruiz, Greg M

“…Non-indigenous species (NIS) are one of the leading forces of change in coastal marine ecosystems and are often associated with fouling communities, especially…”
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How will vessels be inspected to meet emerging biofouling regulations for the prevention of marine invasions? by Zabin, Chela, Davidson, Ian, Holzer, Kimberly, Smith, George, Ashton, Gail, Tamburri, Mario, Ruiz, Gregory

“…International and national guidelines and regulations to limit the inadvertent transfer of non-native species on the submerged surfaces of vessels and mobile…”
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Small boats provide connectivity for nonindigenous marine species between a highly invaded international port and nearby coastal harbors by Zabin, Chela

“…While considerable variation exists in ecological and economic impacts among nonindigenous species (NIS), the potential magnitude of cumulative impacts for…”
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Geographic variation in marine invasions among large estuaries: effects of ships and time by Ruiz, Gregory M, Fofonoff, Paul W, Ashton, Gail, Minton, Mark S, Miller, A. Whitman

“…Coastal regions exhibit strong geographic patterns of nonnative species richness. Most invasions in marine ecosystems are known from bays and estuaries, where…”
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1 °C warming increases spatial competition frequency and complexity in Antarctic marine macrofauna by Barnes, David K. A., Ashton, Gail V., Morley, Simon A., Peck, Lloyd S.

“…Environmental conditions of the Southern Ocean around Antarctica have varied little for >5 million years but are now changing. Here, we investigated how…”
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Promoting invasive species control and eradication in the sea: Options for managing the tunicate invader Didemnum vexillum in Sitka, Alaska by McCann, Linda D., Holzer, Kimberly K., Davidson, Ian C., Ashton, Gail V., Chapman, Marnie D., Ruiz, Gregory M.

“…•Alaska’s Didemnum incursion offers opportunity to advance post-border response.•We tested five immersion treatments to kill the invasive ascidian Didemnum…”
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The Panama Canal and the transoceanic dispersal of marine invertebrates: Evaluation of the introduced amphipod Paracaprella pusilla Mayer, 1890 in the Pacific Ocean by Ros, Macarena, Ashton, Gail V., Lacerda, Mariana B., Carlton, James T., Vázquez-Luis, Maite, Guerra-García, José M., Ruiz, Gregory M.

“…Although the Panama Canal is one of the major corridors for shipping and potential dispersal of marine invaders in the tropics, little is known about the…”
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Distribution of the introduced amphipod, Caprella mutica Schurin, 1935 (Amphipoda: Caprellida: Caprellidae) on the west coast of Scotland and a review of its global distribution by Ashton, Gail V, Willis, Kate J, Cook, Elizabeth J, Burrows, Michael

“…Caprella mutica Schurin, 1935 was first described from sub-boreal areas of north-east Asia. In less than 40 years C. mutica has spread throughout the northern…”
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Fatty acid composition as a dietary indicator of the invasive caprellid, Caprella mutica (Crustacea: Amphipoda) by Cook, Elizabeth J, Shucksmith, Richard, Orr, Heather, Ashton, Gail V, Berge, Jørgen

“…The invasive caprellid amphipod Caprella mutica is one of the most widely dispersed marine non-native species globally. Originating in sub-boreal north-east…”
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