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Deep seabed mining: a rising environmental challenge

Island and Ocean Ecosystems

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Cuyvers, Luc

The sea below 200 meters depth accounts for 95% of the volume of the ocean, making it the largest habitat for life on Earth.

Governance assessment for protected and conserved areas (GAPA)

Island and Ocean Ecosystems

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Booker, F

Franks, Phil

The Governance Assessment for Protected Areas and Conserved Areas (GAPA) methodology manual is the product of four years work

Bot meets whale: best practices for mitigating negative interactions between marine mammals and microrovs.

Island and Ocean Ecosystems

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Asha de Vos

Fretz, D

Parsons, E C M

Rose, N A

Smith, C

Thaler, A

Low-cost, portable, observation-class, underwater remotely operated vehicles (microROVs), whichcan be transported and operated by a single user, are increasingly common tools in scientific,industrial, commercial, and recreational ocean application.

Invasive species and human health

Island and Ocean Ecosystems, BRB

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Mazza, Giuseppe

Tricarico, Elena

Invasive alien plants and animals are known for their disruption of ecosystems and threat to biodiversity. This book highlights their major impact on human health. This includes not only direct effects through contact with the species via bites, wounds and disease, but also indirect effects caused by changes induced in ecosystems by invasive species, such as more water hyacinth increasing mosquito levels and thereby the potential for malaria. Covering a wide range of case studies from different taxa (animals and plants), and giving an overview of the diverse impacts of invasive species on health in developed and developing countries, the book is a significant contribution that will help in prioritizing approaches to controlling invasive species and mitigating their health effects. It covers invasive plants, marine species, spiders and other arachnids, ticks and dust mites, insects, mosquitos and other diptera, freshwater species (invertebrates and fishes), amphibians and reptiles, birds and mammals.

Guidance for coastal protection works in Pacific island countries.

Climate Change Resilience, Island and Ocean Ecosystems

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Pacific Region Infrastructure Facility (PRIF)

The study has been undertaken in two phases. The first incorporated a desktop review to catalogue and critically evaluate existing approaches to shoreline protection in the Pacific, based on technical, social, and environmental criteria

A practical guide to the effective design and management of MPAs for sharks and rays.

Island and Ocean Ecosystems

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Cornish, A

Simpendorfer, C

Shark and ray numbers are declining globally, and a quarter of all species are believed to be threatened with extinction.

Rapid assessment toolkit for sharks and rays.

Island and Ocean Ecosystems

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Rigby, C L

White, W T

Concerns for the future of sharks and rays have been growing for some time. In 1999, an International Plan of Action for the Conservation and Management of Sharks (IPOA) was adopted.

Life-history comparisons between the native range and an invasive island population of a colubrid snake

Island and Ocean Ecosystems, BRB

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Alcaraz, S.E.

Fisher, R.N.

Fisher, S.R.

Gallo-Barneto, R.

López Jurado, L.F.

Patino-Martinez, C.

Rochester, C.J.

Invasive snakes can lead to the rapid extinction of endemic vertebrates on insular ecosystems, usually because snakes are an efficient and novel predator. There have been no successful (i.e. complete) eradications to date of invasive snakes on islands. In this study we assess a novel invasion on Gran Canaria in the Canary Islands. The invader, the California king snake (Lampropeltis californiae), arrived from California via several generations in the pet trade. King snakes are captive bred for various phenotypes, and first were detected in the wild on Gran Canaria in the 1990s. Because very little natural history data exist from within their native range, we focused on developing datasets from native habitats to compare with similar data for the introduced snakes in the Canary Islands. We found that most aspects of the snakes life history have not changed since invasion, except that there appears to be a lower level of juvenile recruitment along with an increase in the length and body mass of adult snakes on Gran Canaria. We identified environmental parameters for when capture/trapping could be completed to reduce eff ort and maximize success. Additionally, we show different trap success on the various life stages of the snakes. Risk assessments could be required prior to permitting pet trade or allowing captive bred snakes into regions where they are not native.

Control of the ladder snake (Rhinechis scalaris) on Formentera using experimental live-traps

Island and Ocean Ecosystems, BRB

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Colomar, V.

Fernández, M.J.

Moreno, J.E.

Pico, G.

The ladder snake (Rhinechis scalaris) is a recent alien invasive species found on Formentera (83 km2), in the Balearic Archipelago (4,492 km2). It has been introduced in the last decade as cargo stowaway hidden within ornamental olive trees from the Iberian Peninsula, causing negative impacts on native fauna. This paper describes the methodology used to reduce the ladder snake population as a fi rst attempt since it was detected in 2006. For this purpose, an experimental live-trap was designed by the wildlife management team of the Consorci per a la Recuperació de la Fauna de les Illes Balears (COFIB) during the 2016 campaign. As a result, 314 R. scalaris were trapped in an area of 472 ha, achieving an effi ciency of up to 0.167 captures per trap and night, and 0.040 captures per unit eff ort on average. This outcome encourages the use of the live-trap as a cost-eff ective method for reducing the snake population in Formentera. Nonetheless, this method should be considered a starting point toward R. scalaris control.

Spatial dynamics of invasion and distribution of alien frogs in a biodiversity hotspot archipelago

Island and Ocean Ecosystems, BRB

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Diesmos, A.C.

Diesmos, M.L.L.

Pili, A.N.

Supsup, C.E.

Sy, E.Y.

The endemic-rich amphibian fauna of the Philippine Archipelago (ca. 350,000 km2) includes six alien frogs: the American bullfrog (Lithobates catesbeianus), Asiatic painted toad (Kaloula pulchra), cane toad (Rhinella marina), Chinese bullfrog (Hoplobatrachus rugulosus), green paddy frog (Hylarana erythraea), and greenhouse frog (Eleutherodactylus planirostris). The chronological history of their invasion across the Philippines was reconstructed based on historical and geographic data. Subsequently, we estimated their current and potential distribution through species distribution modelling and Gaussian kernel density smoothing species distribution data. Seven known and potential pathways of introduction into and spread throughout the Philippines were identifi ed, namely, intentional introduction as a (1) biocontrol agent and (2) food source; contamination of (3) agriculture trade, (4) aquaculture trade, and (5) ornamental plant trade; (6) stowaway of cargo; and (7) through the exotic pet trade. Spatio-temporal patterns of distribution showed a stratifi ed diff usion process of spread wherein human-mediated jum dispersal is the primary mode followed by diff usion dispersal. The status of the American bullfrog in the Philippines is unresolved, whether it has successfully established. Meanwhile, the other five alien frogs have established populations in the wild, typically the dominant species in both artificial and disturbed habitats, and are continuously spreading throughout the Philippines. Estimates of current and potential distribution indicate that none of the alien frogs has realised its full potential distribution and that the cane toad is the most widespread, occurring in almost all major islands of the Philippines (ca. 85%), while the greenhouse frog is the least distributed, being found so far in eight provinces and on seven islands. In light of these findings, we provide policy and management recommendations for responding to current and future alien frog invasions.

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