Volume 4, Issue 1
Published January 2011

Special Issue:
Proceedings of the 2nd International Invasive Sea Squirt Conference, October 2-4, 2007, Prince Edward Island, Canada

Edited by:

Andrea Locke (Gulf Fisheries Centre, Fisheries and Oceans Canada)
and

Mary Carman (Geology and Geophysics Dept., Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, USA)

Contents

Guest Editorial

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Andrea Locke and Mary Carman
An overview of the 2nd International Invasive Sea Squirt Conference: What we learned (pp 1-4)

 

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Research articles

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Gretchen Lambert
Adventures of a sea squirt sleuth: unraveling the identity of Didemnum vexillum, a global ascidian invader (pp 5-28)

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Lauren Stefaniak, Gretchen Lambert, Adriaan Gittenberger, Huan Zhang, Senjie Lin and Robert B. Whitlatch
Genetic conspecificity of the worldwide populations of Didemnum vexillum Kott, 2002 (pp 29-44)

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Rodolfo C. Barros, Rosana M. da Rocha and Marcio R. Pie
Human-mediated global dispersion of Styela plicata (Tunicata, Ascidiacea)
(pp 45-57)

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Andrés Izquierdo-Muñoz, Marta Díaz-Valdés and Alfonso A. Ramos-Esplá
Recent non-indigenous ascidians in the Mediterranean Sea (pp 59-64)

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Mary R. Carman, K. Elaine Hoagland, Emma Green-Beach and David W. Grunden
Tunicate faunas of two North Atlantic-New England islands: Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts and Block Island, Rhode Island (pp 65-70)

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Andrea Locke
A screening procedure for potential tunicate invaders of Atlantic Canada (pp 71-79)

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Erin K. Grey
Do we need to jump in? A comparison of two survey methods of exotic ascidians on docks (pp 81-86)

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Emily A. Darbyson, Andrea Locke, John Mark Hanson and J. H. Martin Willison
Marine boating habits and the potential for spread of invasive species in the Gulf of St. Lawrence (pp 87-94)

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Emily A. Darbyson, John Mark Hanson, Andrea Locke and J. H. Martin Willison
Settlement and potential for transport of clubbed tunicate (Styela clava) on boat hulls (pp 95-103)

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Renée Y. Bernier, Andrea Locke and John Mark Hanson
Lobsters and crabs as potential vectors for tunicate dispersal in the southern Gulf of St. Lawrence, Canada (pp 105-110)

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Anya Epelbaum, Thomas W. Therriault, Amber Paulson and Christopher M. Pearce
Botryllid tunicates: Culture techniques and experimental procedures (pp 111-120)

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Robert B. Whitlatch and Richard W. Osman
Post-settlement predation on ascidian recruits: predator responses to changing prey density
(pp 121- 131)

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Jeffery M. Mercer, Robert B. Whitlatch and Richard W. Osman
Potential effects of the invasive colonial ascidian (Didemnum vexillum) on pebble-cobble bottom habitats in Long Island Sound, USA (pp 133-142)

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Nicole L. Lengyel, Jeremy S. Collie and Page C. Valentine
The invasive colonial ascidian Didemnum vexillum on Georges Bank ― Ecological effects and genetic identification (pp 143-152)

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Page C. Valentine, Mary R. Carman, Jennifer Dijkstra and Dann S. Blackwood
Larval recruitment of the invasive colonial ascidian Didemnum vexillum, seasonal water temperatures in New England coastal and offshore waters, and implications for spread of the species (pp 153-168)

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Aaron Ramsay, Jeffrey Davidson, Daniel Bourque and Henrik Stryhn
Recruitment patterns and population development of the invasive ascidian Ciona intestinalis in Prince Edward Island, Canada (pp 169-176)

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Rémi M. Daigle and Christophe M. Herbinger
Ecological interactions between the vase tunicate (Ciona intestinalis) and the farmed blue mussel (Mytilus edulis) in Nova Scotia, Canada (pp 177-187)

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Garth Arsenault, Jeff Davidson and Aaron Ramsay
Temporal and spatial development of an infestation of Styela clava on mussel farms in Malpeque Bay, Prince Edward Island, Canada (pp 189-194)

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Rosana M. Rocha, Laura P. Kremer, Mariah S. Baptista and Rafael Metri
Bivalve cultures provide habitat for exotic tunicates in southern Brazil (pp 195-205)

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James A. Morris, Jr., Mary R. Carman, K. Elaine Hoagland, Emma R.M. Green-Beach and Richard C. Karney
Impact of the invasive colonial tunicate Didemnum vexillum on the recruitment of the bay scallop (Argopecten irradians irradians) and implications for recruitment of the sea scallop (Placopecten magellanicus) on Georges Bank (pp 207-211)

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Vanessa Lutz-Collins, Aaron Ramsay, Pedro A. Quijon and Jeffrey Davidson
Invasive tunicates fouling mussel lines: evidence of their impact on native tunicates and other epifaunal invertebrates (pp 213-220)

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Andrea Locke, Kenneth G. Doe, Wayne L. Fairchild, Paula M. Jackman and Erica J. Reese
Preliminary evaluation of effects of invasive tunicate management with acetic acid and calcium hydroxide on non-target marine organisms in Prince Edward Island, Canada (pp 221-236)

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Andrea Locke and John Mark Hanson
Rapid response to non-indigenous species. 1. Goals and history of rapid response in the marine environment (pp 237-247)

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Andrea Locke, John Mark Hanson, Neil G. MacNair and Arthur H. Smith
Rapid response to non-indigenous species. 2. Case studies of invasive tunicates in Prince Edward Island (pp 249-258)

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Andrea Locke and John Mark Hanson
Rapid response to non-indigenous species. 3. A proposed framework (pp 259-273)

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Short communications

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Stephan G. Bullard and Robert B. Whitlatch
In situ growth of the colonial ascidian Didemnum vexillum under different environmental conditions (pp 275-278)

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Adriaan Gittenberger
Invasive tunicates on Zeeland and Prince Edward Island mussels, and management practices in The Netherlands (pp 279-281)

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Martin H. Davis and Mary E. Davis
Styela clava (Tunicata, Ascidiacea) – a new threat to the Mediterranean shellfish industry? (pp 283-289)

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Mary R. Carman, Hannah M. Allen and Megan C. Tyrrell
Limited value of the common periwinkle snail Littorina littorea as a biological control for the invasive tunicate Didemnum vexillum (pp 291-294)

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Richard C. Karney and Walter Y. Rhee
Market potential for Styela clava, a non-indigenous pest invading New England coastal waters (pp 295-297)

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Last update: 26 February 2009