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Bio-invasive ascidians in Ireland: A threat for the shellfish industry but also a source of high added value products
In October 2016, a rapid assessment survey of ascidian species was conducted in shellfish farms at Killary Fjord, in the west of Ireland. Two non-indigenous solitary ascidians Ascidiella aspersa and Corella eumoyta were recorded for the first time in shellfish farms at this location. Both invasive a...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5972928/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29072513 http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/21655979.2017.1392421 |
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author | Palanisamy, Satheesh Kumar Thomas, Olivier P. P. McCormack, Grace |
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description | In October 2016, a rapid assessment survey of ascidian species was conducted in shellfish farms at Killary Fjord, in the west of Ireland. Two non-indigenous solitary ascidians Ascidiella aspersa and Corella eumoyta were recorded for the first time in shellfish farms at this location. Both invasive ascidians have the potential to greatly reduce mussel production in Killary Fjord by competing with shellfish for food and habitat. Their high abundance also causes an increase in maintenance costs leading to economic losses for aquaculture farmers. Prompted by our finding of two invasive ascidians in Killary Fjord, we provide a brief review of the ecological role of ascidians and the potential of harnessing biomass from such invasive species for the production of high added value marine natural products. |
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spelling | pubmed-59729282018-12-01 Bio-invasive ascidians in Ireland: A threat for the shellfish industry but also a source of high added value products Palanisamy, Satheesh Kumar Thomas, Olivier P. P. McCormack, Grace Bioengineered Commentary - Invited In October 2016, a rapid assessment survey of ascidian species was conducted in shellfish farms at Killary Fjord, in the west of Ireland. Two non-indigenous solitary ascidians Ascidiella aspersa and Corella eumoyta were recorded for the first time in shellfish farms at this location. Both invasive ascidians have the potential to greatly reduce mussel production in Killary Fjord by competing with shellfish for food and habitat. Their high abundance also causes an increase in maintenance costs leading to economic losses for aquaculture farmers. Prompted by our finding of two invasive ascidians in Killary Fjord, we provide a brief review of the ecological role of ascidians and the potential of harnessing biomass from such invasive species for the production of high added value marine natural products. Taylor & Francis 2017-12-01 /pmc/articles/PMC5972928/ /pubmed/29072513 http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/21655979.2017.1392421 Text en © 2018 The Author(s). Published with license by Taylor & Francis http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Commentary - Invited Palanisamy, Satheesh Kumar Thomas, Olivier P. P. McCormack, Grace Bio-invasive ascidians in Ireland: A threat for the shellfish industry but also a source of high added value products |
title | Bio-invasive ascidians in Ireland: A threat for the shellfish industry but also a source of high added value products |
title_full | Bio-invasive ascidians in Ireland: A threat for the shellfish industry but also a source of high added value products |
title_fullStr | Bio-invasive ascidians in Ireland: A threat for the shellfish industry but also a source of high added value products |
title_full_unstemmed | Bio-invasive ascidians in Ireland: A threat for the shellfish industry but also a source of high added value products |
title_short | Bio-invasive ascidians in Ireland: A threat for the shellfish industry but also a source of high added value products |
title_sort | bio-invasive ascidians in ireland: a threat for the shellfish industry but also a source of high added value products |
topic | Commentary - Invited |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5972928/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29072513 http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/21655979.2017.1392421 |
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