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dc.contributor.authorWare, Christopher
dc.contributor.authorBerge, Jørgen
dc.contributor.authorSundet, Jan Henry
dc.contributor.authorKirkpatrick, JB
dc.contributor.authorCoutts, A.D.M.
dc.contributor.authorJelmert, Anders
dc.contributor.authorOlsen, SM
dc.contributor.authorFloerl, O
dc.contributor.authorWisz, Mary S.
dc.contributor.authorAlsos, Inger Greve
dc.date.accessioned2014-01-22T13:39:20Z
dc.date.available2014-01-22T13:39:20Z
dc.date.issued2013
dc.description.abstractAim: Anticipated changes in the global ocean climate will affect the vulnerability of marine ecosystems to the negative effects of non-indigenous species (NIS). In the Arctic, there is a need to better characterize present and future marine biological introduction patterns and processes. We use a vector-based assessment to estimate changes in the vulnerability of a high-Arctic archipelago to marine NIS introduction and establishment. Location: Global, with a case study of Svalbard, Norway. Methods: We base our assessment on the level of connectedness to global NIS pools through the regional shipping network and predicted changes in ocean climates. Environmental match of ports connected to Svalbard was evaluated under present and future environmental conditions (2050 and 2100 predicted under the RCP8.5 emissions scenario). Risk of NIS introduction was then estimated based on the potential for known NIS to be transported (in ballast water or as biofouling), environmental match, and a qualitative estimate of propagule pressure. Results: We show that Svalbard will become increasingly vulnerable to marine NIS introduction and establishment. Over the coming century, sea surface warming at high latitudes is estimated to increase the level of environmental match to nearly one-third of ports previously visited by vessels travelling to Svalbard in 2011 (n = 136). The shipping network will then likely connect Svalbard to a much greater pool of known NIS, under conditions more favourable for their establishment. Research and fishing vessels were estimated to pose the highest risk of NIS introduction through biofouling, while ballast water discharge is estimated to pose an increased risk by the end of the century. Main conclusions: In the absence of focused preventative management, the risk of NIS introduction and establishment in Svalbard, and the wider Arctic, will increase over coming decades, prompting a need to respond in policy and action.en
dc.identifier.citationDiversity & distributions: A journal of biological invasions and biodiversity 20(2013) nr. 1 s. 10-19en
dc.identifier.cristinIDFRIDAID 1085872
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ddi.12117
dc.identifier.issn1366-9516
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10037/5784
dc.identifier.urnURN:NBN:no-uit_munin_5481
dc.language.isoengen
dc.publisherBlackwell Science Ltd.en
dc.rights.accessRightsopenAccess
dc.subjectVDP::Mathematics and natural science: 400::Zoology and botany: 480::Marine biology: 497en
dc.subjectVDP::Matematikk og Naturvitenskap: 400::Zoologiske og botaniske fag: 480::Marinbiologi: 497en
dc.titleClimate change, non-indigenous species and shipping: assessing the risk of species introduction to a high-Arctic archipelagoen
dc.typeJournal articleen
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dc.typePeer revieweden


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