Abstract
Use of sodium hypochlorite as a control method for the non-indigenous coral species Tubastraea coccinea Lesson, 1829
Highlights
The National Conference on Marine Bioinvasions held on January 24–27, 1999 at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA, was the first of what we refer to today as the International Conference on Marine Bioinvasions (ICMB)
It followed meetings, such as the “Zebra Mussel” conferences and the separate “Aquatic Invasive Species” conferences, which were prompted by the invasion of the zebra mussel Dreissena polymorpha Pallas, 1771 into the Great Lakes in the 1980s
Discussions and planning for an ICMB-I had begun in the summer and fall of 1997, and a steering committee was formed in February 1998
Summary
The ecological and economic impacts of the zebra mussels (followed by quagga mussels, Dreissena bugensis Andrusov, 1897) invasions had fuelled general public and political awareness in the U.S and Canada on aquatic non-indigenous species, leading to funding for research and management. At the time ICMB-I was convened, the field of marine bioinvasions had grown from a handful of experts just two decades earlier, to over 200 international and national researchers, managers, and others sharing insights on a recognised and growing worldwide issue (Pederson 1999). The work presented at ICMB-I fell under the three main topics: patterns of invasions, ecological and evolutionary consequences, and ballast water management.
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