Volume 7, Issue 1

Special Issue:  Proceedings of the 5th International Invasive Sea Squirt Conference
(October 29–31, 2014, Woods Hole, USA)
 

Edited by Mary Carman and Stephan Bullard 

Published in March 2016


Contents

Editorial

Stephan G. Bullard and Mary R. Carman
Introduction to the proceedings of the 5th International Invasive Sea Squirt Conference, 2014 (pp 1-3)

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Research articles

Luciana Vieira Granthom-Costa, Carlos Gustavo Werner Ferreira and Gustavo Muniz Dias
Biodiversity of ascidians in a heterogeneous bay from southeastern Brazil (pp 5-12)

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Luís F. Skinner, Danielle F. Barboza and Rosana M. Rocha
Rapid Assessment Survey of introduced ascidians in a region with many marinas in the southwest Atlantic Ocean, Brazil (pp 13-20)

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Cynthia H. McKenzie, Kyle Matheson, Scott Caines and Terri Wells
Surveys for non-indigenous tunicate species in Newfoundland, Canada (2006 – 2014): a first step towards understanding impact and control (pp 21-32)

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Phil Colarusso, Eric Nelson, Suzanne Ayvazian, Mary R. Carman, Marty Chintala, Sinead Grabbert and David Grunden
Quantifying the ecological impact of invasive tunicates to shallow coastal water systems (pp 33-42)

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Gil Koplovitz, Yaniv Shmuel and Noa Shenkar
Floating docks in tropical environments - a reservoir for the opportunistic ascidian Herdmania momus (pp 43-50)

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Mary R. Carman, Philip D. Colarusso, Eric P. Nelson, David W. Grunden, Melisa C. Wong, Cynthia McKenzie, Kyle Matheson, Jeff Davidson, Sophia Fox, Hilary A. Neckles, Holly Bayley, Stephen Schott, Jennifer A. Dijkstra and Sarah Stewart-Clark
Distribution and diversity of tunicates utilizing eelgrass as substrate in the western North Atlantic between 39° and 47° north latitude (New Jersey to Newfoundland) (pp 51-57)

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Gretchen Lambert, Richard C. Karney, Walter Y. Rhee and Mary R. Carman
Wild and cultured edible tunicates: a review (pp 59-66)

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Vanessa Reid, Cynthia McKenzie, Kyle Matheson, Terri Wells and Cyr Couturier
Post-metamorphic attachment by solitary ascidian Ciona intestinalis (Linnaeus, 1767) juveniles from Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada (pp 67-76)

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Xavier Turon, Juan I. Cañete, Javier Sellanes, Rosana M. Rocha and Susanna López-Legentil
Too cold for invasions? Contrasting patterns of native and introduced ascidians in subantarctic and temperate Chile (pp 77-86)

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Cynthia H. McKenzie, Kyle Matheson, Vanessa Reid, Terri Wells, Derek Mouland, Darrell Green, Brooks Pilgrim and Geoff Perry
The development of a rapid response plan to control the spread of the solitary invasive tunicate, Ciona intestinalis (Linnaeus, 1767), in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada (pp 87-100)

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Mary R. Carman, Scott Lindell, Emma Green-Beach and Victoria R. Starczak
Treatments to eradicate invasive tunicate fouling from blue mussel seed and aquaculture socks (pp 101-110)

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Lauren M. Stefaniak and Johann Heupel
Alternative menthol sources for ascidian relaxation (pp 111-114)

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Page Valentine, Mary R. Carman and Dann Blackwood
Observations of recruitment and colonization by tunicates and associated invertebrates using giant one-meter² recruitment plates at Woods Hole, Massachusetts (pp 115-130)

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