A global review of marine invasive species: where they are, how they are being introduced, and which ones are most harmful. 

Jennifer L Molnar, Rebecca L Gamboa, Carmen Revenga, Mark D Spalding. 2008.  Assessing the global threat of invasive species to marine biodiversity.  Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment.  Vol. 6, No. 9, pp. 485-492. 

Download a copy of the paper here (pdf, 250kB), and supplemental materials here (pdf, 220kB). 

 

The global database contains information on over 330 marine invasive species, including non-native distributions by marine ecoregion, invasion pathways, and ecological impact and other threat scores.  This is an ongoing project and the database will be updated periodically.  

• Click here to download the database - posted 18 February 2008 (zipped MS Access file, <1 MB)
• Click here to download a table of number of invasive species by ecoregion (MS Excel file, 50 kB)

 

Non-native species occurrences were recorded using Marine Ecoregions of the World (MEOW), a biogeographic classification of the world's coastal ecosystems (Spalding et al. 2007, BioScience). 

• Click here to download a quick reference guide to the MEOW, including indexed maps (as referenced in the database) (pdf, 250 kB) 
• Click here to access the MEOW GIS shapefile

 

For more information, go to www.nature.org/marineinvasions or contact marineinvasions@tnc.org

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