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Environmental information systems
Pathways of non-indigenous species introductions in European Seas after 1949
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Notes:
The figure shows the percentage of NIS introductions associated with each pathway in European Seas after 1949.
Transport stowaway: moving of live organisms by maritime transport via various vectors: ballast water and sediments (T-S/BALLAST WATER), bio-fouling of ships, boats, offshore oil and gas platforms and other water vessels (T-S/HULL FOULING) and dredging, angling or fishing equipment ( T-S/OTHER).
Release in nature: intentional introduction of live alien organisms (e.g. for fishing or hunting in the wild).
Escape from confinement: movement of (potentially) invasive alien species from confinement (e.g. aquaculture).
Transport contaminant: unintentional movement of live organisms as (e.g. pests, through international trade).
Corridor: movement of alien organisms via transport infrastructure (e.g. canals).
The figure shows the percentage of NIS introductions associated with each pathway in European Seas after 1949.
Transport stowaway: moving of live organisms by maritime transport via various vectors: ballast water and sediments (T-S/BALLAST WATER), bio-fouling of ships, boats, offshore oil and gas platforms and other water vessels (T-S/HULL FOULING) and dredging, angling or fishing equipment ( T-S/OTHER).
Release in nature: intentional introduction of live alien organisms (e.g. for fishing or hunting in the wild).
Escape from confinement: movement of (potentially) invasive alien species from confinement (e.g. aquaculture).
Transport contaminant: unintentional movement of live organisms as (e.g. pests, through international trade).
Corridor: movement of alien organisms via transport infrastructure (e.g. canals).
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Data sources
Metadata
More info
- Hellenic Centre for Marine Research DataBase (Dataset URL is not available), Hellenic Centre for Marine Research (HCMR)
- Adriatic Sea
- Aegean Sea
- Baltic Sea
- Bay of Biscay
- Black Sea
- Celtic Sea
- Ionian Sea
- Levantine Sea
- North Atlantic Ocean
- North Sea
- Western Mediterranean
1949-2017
The following Alien species data bases have been used for harmonization of data towards the development of the indicator:
- HCMR (off line Data Base),
- EPPO: http://www.eppo.org/INVASIVE_PLANTS/ias_plants.htm,
- NOBANIS: http://www.nobanis.org/,
- REABIC: http://www.reabic.net/,
- ELNAIS: https://services.ath.hcmr.gr/
- AquaNIS: Information system on Aquatic non-Indigenous species: http://www.corpi.ku.lt/databases/index.php/aquanis
- EASIN: http://easin.jrc.ec.europa.eu
- MAMIAS: http://www.mamias.org
- ICES/IMO/IOC WGBOSV and WGITMO reports 2002-2018
- ESENIAS: http://www.esenias.org/