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Watson SM, McLean DL, Balcom BJ, Birchenough SNR, Brand AM, Camprasse ECM, Claisse JT, Coolen JWP, Cresswell T, Fokkema B, Gourvenec S, Henry LA, Hewitt CL, Love MS, MacIntosh AE, Marnane M, McKinley E, Micallef S, Morgan D, Nicolette J, Ounanian K, Patterson J, Seath K, Selman AGL, Suthers IM, Todd VLG, Tung A, Macreadie PI. Offshore decommissioning horizon scan: Research priorities to support decision-making activities for oil and gas infrastructure. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2023; 878:163015. [PMID: 36965737 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.163015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/07/2023] [Revised: 03/09/2023] [Accepted: 03/10/2023] [Indexed: 05/13/2023]
Abstract
Thousands of oil and gas structures have been installed in the world's oceans over the past 70 years to meet the population's reliance on hydrocarbons. Over the last decade, there has been increased concern over how to handle decommissioning of this infrastructure when it reaches the end of its operational life. Complete or partial removal may or may not present the best option when considering potential impacts on the environment, society, technical feasibility, economy, and future asset liability. Re-purposing of offshore structures may also be a valid legal option under international maritime law where robust evidence exists to support this option. Given the complex nature of decommissioning offshore infrastructure, a global horizon scan was undertaken, eliciting input from an interdisciplinary cohort of 35 global experts to develop the top ten priority research needs to further inform decommissioning decisions and advance our understanding of their potential impacts. The highest research priorities included: (1) an assessment of impacts of contaminants and their acceptable environmental limits to reduce potential for ecological harm; (2) defining risk and acceptability thresholds in policy/governance; (3) characterising liability issues of ongoing costs and responsibility; and (4) quantification of impacts to ecosystem services. The remaining top ten priorities included: (5) quantifying ecological connectivity; (6) assessing marine life productivity; (7) determining feasibility of infrastructure re-use; (8) identification of stakeholder views and values; (9) quantification of greenhouse gas emissions; and (10) developing a transdisciplinary decommissioning decision-making process. Addressing these priorities will help inform policy development and governance frameworks to provide industry and stakeholders with a clearer path forward for offshore decommissioning. The principles and framework developed in this paper are equally applicable for informing responsible decommissioning of offshore renewable energy infrastructure, in particular wind turbines, a field that is accelerating rapidly.
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- Sarah M Watson
- Centre for Integrative Ecology, School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Deakin University, Burwood, VIC 3125, Australia
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- Australian Institute of Marine Science, Indian Ocean Marine Research Centre, Perth, Western Australia 6009, Australia; Oceans Institute, The University of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia 6009, Australia.
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- The Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science (Cefas), Lowestoft NR33 0HT, United Kingdom
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- Manta Environmental Limited, Aberdeen, Scotland, United Kingdom
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- Centre for Integrative Ecology, School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Deakin University, Burwood, VIC 3125, Australia
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- California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, CA 91786, USA; Vantuna Research Group, Occidental College, Los Angeles, CA 90041, USA
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- Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation, New Illawarra Road, Lucas Heights, New South Wales 2234, Australia
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- Shell Global Solutions International B.V., 2596HR The Hague, the Netherlands
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- Centre of Excellence for Intelligent & Resilient Ocean Engineering, University of Southampton, Southampton SO16 7QF, UK
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- School of GeoSciences, University of Edinburgh, King's Buildings Campus, James Hutton Road, EH9 3FE Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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- Harry Butler Institute, Murdoch University, Murdoch, Western Australia 6150, Australia; Lincoln University, Lincoln, New Zealand
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- Marine Science Institute, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93016, USA
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- Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation, New Illawarra Road, Lucas Heights, New South Wales 2234, Australia; School of Natural Sciences, Macquarie University, Macquarie Park, Sydney, New South Wales 2109, Australia
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- Chevron Energy Technology Pty Ltd, 250 St Georges Terrace, Perth, Western Australia 6000, Australia
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- School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Cardiff University, Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom
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- Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water, Australia
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- Xodus Group, Xodus House, Huntly Street, Aberdeen AB10 1RS, Scotland, United Kingdom
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- Montrose Environmental Solutions Inc., Northridge Road, Sandy Springs, GA 30350, USA
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- Centre for Blue Governance, Aalborg University, Aalborg, Denmark
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- Society for Underwater Technology, International Salvage & Decommissioning Committee, UK; Karen Seath Solutions, Anstruther, Scotland, UK
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- Asset Lifecycle Manager, Atteris Pty Ltd, Perth, Western Australia 6000, Australia
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- School of Biological, Earth & Environmental Science, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales 2052, Australia
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- Ocean Science Consulting Ltd., Spott Road, Dunbar, East Lothian EH42 1RR, Scotland, United Kingdom
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- University of Aberdeen, School of Law, Aberdeen, UK; Curtin Institute for Energy Transition, Technology Park, Bentley, Western Australia 6102, Australia; Woodside Energy, Mia Yellagonga, 11 Mount Street, Perth, Western Australia 6000, Australia
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- Centre for Integrative Ecology, School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Deakin University, Burwood, VIC 3125, Australia
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McLean DL, Ferreira LC, Benthuysen JA, Miller KJ, Schläppy M, Ajemian MJ, Berry O, Birchenough SNR, Bond T, Boschetti F, Bull AS, Claisse JT, Condie SA, Consoli P, Coolen JWP, Elliott M, Fortune IS, Fowler AM, Gillanders BM, Harrison HB, Hart KM, Henry L, Hewitt CL, Hicks N, Hock K, Hyder K, Love M, Macreadie PI, Miller RJ, Montevecchi WA, Nishimoto MM, Page HM, Paterson DM, Pattiaratchi CB, Pecl GT, Porter JS, Reeves DB, Riginos C, Rouse S, Russell DJF, Sherman CDH, Teilmann J, Todd VLG, Treml EA, Williamson DH, Thums M. Influence of offshore oil and gas structures on seascape ecological connectivity. GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY 2022; 28:3515-3536. [PMID: 35293658 PMCID: PMC9311298 DOI: 10.1111/gcb.16134] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/18/2021] [Revised: 01/17/2022] [Accepted: 01/19/2022] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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Offshore platforms, subsea pipelines, wells and related fixed structures supporting the oil and gas (O&G) industry are prevalent in oceans across the globe, with many approaching the end of their operational life and requiring decommissioning. Although structures can possess high ecological diversity and productivity, information on how they interact with broader ecological processes remains unclear. Here, we review the current state of knowledge on the role of O&G infrastructure in maintaining, altering or enhancing ecological connectivity with natural marine habitats. There is a paucity of studies on the subject with only 33 papers specifically targeting connectivity and O&G structures, although other studies provide important related information. Evidence for O&G structures facilitating vertical and horizontal seascape connectivity exists for larvae and mobile adult invertebrates, fish and megafauna; including threatened and commercially important species. The degree to which these structures represent a beneficial or detrimental net impact remains unclear, is complex and ultimately needs more research to determine the extent to which natural connectivity networks are conserved, enhanced or disrupted. We discuss the potential impacts of different decommissioning approaches on seascape connectivity and identify, through expert elicitation, critical knowledge gaps that, if addressed, may further inform decision making for the life cycle of O&G infrastructure, with relevance for other industries (e.g. renewables). The most highly ranked critical knowledge gap was a need to understand how O&G structures modify and influence the movement patterns of mobile species and dispersal stages of sessile marine species. Understanding how different decommissioning options affect species survival and movement was also highly ranked, as was understanding the extent to which O&G structures contribute to extending species distributions by providing rest stops, foraging habitat, and stepping stones. These questions could be addressed with further dedicated studies of animal movement in relation to structures using telemetry, molecular techniques and movement models. Our review and these priority questions provide a roadmap for advancing research needed to support evidence-based decision making for decommissioning O&G infrastructure.
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Machado AA, Moraes FCD, Aguiar AA, Hostim-Silva M, Santos LN, Bertoncini ÁA. Rocky reef fish biodiversity and conservation in a Brazilian Hope Spot region. NEOTROPICAL ICHTHYOLOGY 2022. [DOI: 10.1590/1982-0224-2022-0032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Abstract Coastal islands of Grande Rio, located south Rio de Janeiro and Maricá cities have been under multiple anthropogenic impacts. Despite these problems, these insular systems shelter a high diversity of fish species. Reef fishes are essential components of tropical marine coastal communities, also providing food and income for millions of people around the world. In this work, we generated an updated checklist from Cagarras Islands Natural Monument and surrounding areas based on fisheries data, literature records and multiple sampling techniques, including the Submersible Rotating Video technique, used for the first time in Brazil. We present an inventory of 282 fish species representing 91 different families, with 21 new records for the study area, including a non-native species (Heniochus acuminatus). In addition, our results show a moderate endemism level for the Brazilian province (approximately 6.0%), while 10.5% of species are assigned to one of IUCN’s threatened categories. Our efforts show the fish biodiversity scenario and their distribution on coastal islands more than 10 years after the Cagarras Islands Natural Monument establishment, reinforcing the importance of monitoring research programs for the management of this Marine Protected Area and surrounding waters, that play a key role for artisanal fisheries.
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- Augusto A. Machado
- Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo, Brazil; Instituto Mar Adentro, Brazil
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- Universidade Federal do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (UNIRIO), Brazil; Universidade Federal do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Instituto Mar Adentro, Brazil; Universidade Federal do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Brazil
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Tang KL, Stiassny MLJ, Mayden RL, DeSalle R. Systematics of Damselfishes. ICHTHYOLOGY & HERPETOLOGY 2021. [DOI: 10.1643/i2020105] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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- Kevin L. Tang
- University of Michigan–Flint, Department of Biology, 303 East Kearsley St., Flint, Michigan 48502; . Send reprint requests to this address
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- American Museum of Natural History, Department of Ichthyology, Central Park West at 79th St., New York, New York 10024;
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- Saint Louis University, Department of Biology, 3507 Laclede Ave., St. Louis, Missouri 63103;
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- American Museum of Natural History, Division of Invertebrate Zoology, Central Park West at 79th St., New York, New York 10024;
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Anderson AB, Joyeux JC, Floeter SR. Spatiotemporal variations in density and biomass of rocky reef fish in a biogeographic climatic transition zone: trends over 9 years, inside and outside the only nearshore no-take marine-protected area on the southern Brazilian coast. JOURNAL OF FISH BIOLOGY 2020; 97:845-859. [PMID: 32564373 DOI: 10.1111/jfb.14441] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/07/2019] [Revised: 05/13/2020] [Accepted: 06/18/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Biogeographical transition zones are important areas to investigate evolutionary ecological questions, but long-term population monitoring is needed to better understand ecological processes that govern population variations in such edge environments. The southernmost Brazilian rocky reefs are the southern limit of distribution for 96% of the tropical ichthyofauna of the western Atlantic. The Arvoredo Marine Biological Reserve is the only nearshore no-take marine-protected area (MPA) located in this transition zone. The main aim was to investigate how the populations of rocky reef fish species vary in density and biomass in space and over time, inside and outside the Arvoredo MPA. This study presents results based on a 9 year (2008-2017) underwater visual census monitoring study to evaluate the density and biomass of key fish species. Variations in density and biomass were detected for most species. Factors and mechanisms that may have influenced spatial variation are habitat structural complexity and protection from fisheries. Temporal variations, otherwise, may have been influenced by species proximity to their distributional limit, in synergy with density-dependent mechanisms and stochastic winter temperature oscillations. The MPAs harbour higher density and biomass for most species. Nonetheless, a prominent temporal decline in the recruitment of Epinephelus marginatus calls into question the continuous effectiveness of the MPA.
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- Antônio B Anderson
- Marine Macroecology and Biogeography Laboratory, Department of Ecology and Zoology, Federal University of Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, Brazil
- Laboratory of Ichthyology, Department of Oceanography, Federal University of Espírito Santo, Vitória, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Ichthyology, Department of Oceanography, Federal University of Espírito Santo, Vitória, Brazil
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- Marine Macroecology and Biogeography Laboratory, Department of Ecology and Zoology, Federal University of Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, Brazil
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Anderson AB, da Silva JP, Sorvilo R, Francini CLB, Floeter SR, Barreiros JP. Population expansion of the invasive Pomacentridae Chromis limbata (Valenciennes, 1833) in southern Brazilian coast: long-term monitoring, fundamental niche availability and new records. JOURNAL OF FISH BIOLOGY 2020; 97:362-373. [PMID: 32401338 DOI: 10.1111/jfb.14365] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/18/2019] [Revised: 04/18/2020] [Accepted: 04/29/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Human-mediated species invasions are recognized as a leading cause of global biotic homogenization and extinction. Studies on colonization events since early stages, establishment of new populations and range extension are scarce because of their rarity, difficult detection and monitoring. Chromis limbata is a reef-associated and non-migratory marine fish from the family Pomacentridae found in depths ranging between 3 and 45 m. The original distribution of the species encompassed exclusively the eastern Atlantic, including the Azores, Madeira and the Canary Islands. It is also commonly reported from West Africa between Senegal and Pointe Noire, Congo. In 2008, vagrant individuals of C. limbata were recorded off the east coast of Santa Catarina Island, South Brazil (27° 41' 44″ S, 48° 27' 53″ W). This study evaluated the increasing densities of C. limbata populations in Santa Catarina State shoreline. Two recent expansions, northwards to São Paulo State and southwards to Rio Grande do Sul State, are discussed, and a niche model of maximum entropy (MaxEnt) was performed to evaluate suitable C. limbata habitats. Brazilian populations are established and significantly increasing in most sites where the species has been detected. The distributional boundaries predicted by the model are clearly wider than their known range of occurrence, evidencing environmental suitability in both hemispheres from areas where the species still does not occur. Ecological processes such as competition, predation and specially habitat selectivity may regulate their populations and overall distribution range. A long-term monitoring programme and population genetics studies are necessary for a better understanding of this invasion and its consequences to natural communities.
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- Antônio B Anderson
- Department of Oceanography, ICTIOLAB - Laboratory of Ichthyology, Federal University of Espírito Santo, Vitória, Espírito Santo, Brazil
- Marine Macroecology and Biogeography Laboratory, Department of Ecology and Zoology, Federal University of Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, Brazil
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- Departamento de Ciências, Colégio Técnico de Campinas (CTC), Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP), Jorge de Figueiredo Corrêa, Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Departamento de Ciências, Colégio Técnico de Campinas (CTC), Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP), Jorge de Figueiredo Corrêa, Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Marine Macroecology and Biogeography Laboratory, Department of Ecology and Zoology, Federal University of Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, Brazil
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- Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Changes (CE3C)/Azorean Biodiversity Group and 7, Universidade dos Açores - Faculdade de Ciências Agrárias e do Ambiente , Angra do Heroísmo, Portugal
- Faculdade de Ciências Agrárias e do Ambiente, University of Azores, R. da Mãe de Deus, Ponta Delgada, Azores, Portugal
- Programa de Pós-Graduação - Centro APTA Pescado Marinho, Instituto de Pesca, Avenida Francisco Matarazzo, 455 - Parque da Água Branca - Barra Funda, Santos, São Paulo, Brazil
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Araujo GS, Vilasboa A, Britto MR, Bernardi G, von der Heyden S, Levy A, Floeter SR. Phylogeny of the comb-tooth blenny genus Scartella (Blenniiformes: Blenniidae) reveals several cryptic lineages and a trans-Atlantic relationship. Zool J Linn Soc 2019. [DOI: 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlz142] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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AbstractHere we present the first phylogeny of the genus Scartella based on mitochondrial data. The analysis strongly corroborates the validity of all species of the genus and shows that Scartella cristata, a species with a disjunct distribution, is a lineage complex comprising five clades: two in Caribbean waters, another in the East Atlantic/Mediterranean and two in Brazil. Brazilian clades occur in sympatry from Rio de Janeiro to Rio Grande do Sul states (southern Brazil). One clade (BRA 1) is unique to Brazil, while the other (BRA 2) is closely related to the eastern Atlantic lineage. Possible explanations for this pattern include both natural and anthropic mechanisms.
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- G S Araujo
- Setor de Ictiologia, Departamento de Vertebrados, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro/Museu Nacional, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
- Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Instituto de Biodiversidade e Sustentabilidade, NUPEM/UFRJ, Avenida São José Barreto, Macaé, RJ, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Genética Pesqueira e da Conservação, Departamento de Genética, Instituto de Biologia Roberto Alcântara Gomes, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro – UERJ, Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
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- Setor de Ictiologia, Departamento de Vertebrados, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro/Museu Nacional, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
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- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA, USA
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- Evolutionary Genomics Group, Department of Botany and Zoology, University of Stellenbosch, Matieland, South Africa
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- MARE – Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre, ISPA – Instituto Universitário, Lisbon, Portugal
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- Departamento de Ecologia e Zoologia – CCB, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, SC, Brazil
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Lastrucci NS, Nunes LT, Lindner A, Floeter SR. An updated phylogeny of the redlip blenny genus Ophioblennius. JOURNAL OF FISH BIOLOGY 2018; 93:411-414. [PMID: 29961969 DOI: 10.1111/jfb.13732] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/22/2017] [Accepted: 06/15/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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An updated molecular phylogeny of the blenny genus Ophioblennius, with a focus on two geographically disjunct morphotypes observed in Brazil, is presented. The analyses showed that specimens from the north-eastern Brazilian coast are the endemic redlip blenny Ophioblennius trinitatis, but specimens from the southern Brazilian coast are conspecific to an undescribed east Atlantic Ocean (Gulf of Guinea) species, previously unknown in Brazil. Possible explanations for this geographical pattern include: natural larval dispersal and rafting across the Atlantic; an unknown ecological attribute that enabled this species to colonize southern Brazil; oil platforms as introduction vectors.
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- Naomi S Lastrucci
- Departamento de Ecologia e Zoologia, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, Brazil
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- Departamento de Ecologia e Zoologia, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, Brazil
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- Departamento de Ecologia e Zoologia, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, Brazil
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- Departamento de Ecologia e Zoologia, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, Brazil
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Robertson DR, Dominguez-Dominguez O, Victor B, Simoes N. An Indo-Pacific damselfish ( Neopomacentrus cyanomos) in the Gulf of Mexico: origin and mode of introduction. PeerJ 2018; 6:e4328. [PMID: 29441235 PMCID: PMC5807916 DOI: 10.7717/peerj.4328] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/08/2017] [Accepted: 01/15/2018] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The Indo-West Pacific (IWP) coral-reef damselfish Neopomacentrus cyanomos is well established across the south-west Gulf of Mexico (SwGoMx). Comparisons of mtDNA sequences of the SwGoMx population with those from conspecifics from 16 sites scattered across its native geographic range show that the SwGoMx population is derived from two of four native lineages: one from the north-west Pacific Ocean, the other from the northern Indian Ocean. Three hypotheses address how this species was introduced to the SwGoMX: (1) aquarium release; (2) borne by cargo-ship; and (3) carried by offshore petroleum platform (petro-platform). The first is unlikely because this species rarely features in the aquarium trade, and “N. cyanomos” traded to the USA from the sole IWP source we are aware of are a misidentified congener, N. taeniurus. The second hypothesis is unlikely because shipping has not been associated with the introduction of alien damselfishes, there is little international shipping between the IWP and the SwGoMx, and voyages between those areas would be lengthy and along environmentally unfavorable routes. Various lines of evidence support the third hypothesis: (i) bio-fouled petro-platforms represent artificial reefs that can sustain large and diverse populations of tropical reef-fishes, including N. cyanomos in the SwGoMx; (ii) relocation of such platforms has been implicated in trans-oceanic introductions leading to establishment of non-native populations of such fishes; and (iii) genetic characteristics of the SwGoMx population indicate that it was established by a large and diverse group of founders drawn from the IWP regions where many petro-platforms currently in the SwGoMx and other Atlantic offshore oilfields originated.
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- D Ross Robertson
- Naos Marine Laboratory, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Balboa, Republic of Panama
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- Laboratorio de Biologia Acuatica, Facultad de Biologia, Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo, Morelia, Michoacan, Mexico.,Laboratorio Nacional de Análisis y Síntesis Ecológica para la Conservación de Recursos Genéticos de México, Escuela Nacional de Estudios Superiores, Unidad Morelia, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Morelia, Michoacán, Mexico
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- Guy Harvey Research Institute, Nova Southeastern University, Ft Lauderdale, FL, United States of America
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- Unidad Multidisciplinaria en Docencia e Investigacion de Sisal, Facultad de Ciencias, UNAM, Sisal, Yucatan, Mexico.,Laboratorio Nacional de Resiliencia Costera, Unidad Académica de Yucatán, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Sisal, Yucatán, Mexico.,Harte Institute for Gulf of Mexico Studies, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi, Corpus Christi, TX, United States of America
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Kelps’ Long-Distance Dispersal: Role of Ecological/Oceanographic Processes and Implications to Marine Forest Conservation. DIVERSITY-BASEL 2018. [DOI: 10.3390/d10010011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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