Publication Date:
2022-05-26
Description:
© The Author(s), 2020. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License. The definitive version was published in Blakeslee, A. M. H., Manousaki, T., Vasileiadou, K., & Tepolt, C. K. An evolutionary perspective on marine invasions. Evolutionary Applications, 13, (2020): 479-485, doi:10.1111/eva.12906.
Description:
Species distributions are rapidly changing as human globalization increasingly moves organisms to novel environments. In marine systems, species introductions are the result of a number of anthropogenic mechanisms, notably shipping, aquaculture/mariculture, the pet and bait trades, and the creation of canals. Marine invasions are a global threat to human and non‐human populations alike and are often listed as one of the top conservation concerns worldwide, having ecological, evolutionary, and social ramifications. Evolutionary investigations of marine invasions can provide crucial insight into an introduced species’ potential impacts in its new range, including: physiological adaptation and behavioral changes to exploit new environments; changes in resident populations, community interactions, and ecosystems; and severe reductions in genetic diversity that may limit evolutionary potential in the introduced range. This special issue focuses on current research advances in the evolutionary biology of marine invasions and can be broadly classified into a few major avenues of research: the evolutionary history of invasive populations, post‐invasion reproductive changes, and the role of evolution in parasite introductions. Together, they demonstrate the value of investigating marine invasions from an evolutionary perspective, with benefits to both fundamental and applied evolutionary biology at local and broad scales.
Description:
We thank the organizers of Marine Evolution 2018 for bringing together a dynamic group of researchers working in all aspects of marine evolutionary biology and for facilitating the discussion of evolution in marine invasion. We also thank Evolutionary Applications for providing an avenue to share the results of this meeting more broadly and hope it will encourage continued research and discussion of this topic.
Keywords:
adaptation
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estuarine
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evolutionary history
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host–parasite interactions
;
introduction
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non‐native
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reproduction
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sea
Repository Name:
Woods Hole Open Access Server
Type:
Article
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