CSIRO Research - Introduced Marine Pests

Reports and Publications

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PROJECT AND CONSULTANCY REPORTS

CRIMP TECHNICAL REPORT SERIES

THESES/DISSERTATIONS SUPERVISED BY CRIMP STAFF

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PROJECT AND CONSULTANCY REPORTS

Sliwa, C., Cooper, S. Bax, N. (2006). Updating NIMPIS for Integration with the National System for Prevention and Management of Marine Pest Incursions. Final Project Report (This project was funded through the Coasts and Clean Seas Program of the National Heritage Trust, Introduced Marine Pests Program). (Full Report 128K PDF file)

Hayes, K., Sliwa, C., Migus, S., McEnnulty, F., Dunstan, P. (2005). National priority pests: Part II Ranking of Australian marine pests. An independent report undertaken for the Department of Environment and Heritage by CSIRO Marine Research.

Report includes a list of priority introduced species for management in Australian waters and an updated list of potential arrivals (Executive summaryPDF file, 3MB)(Full report PDF file, 4MB)

Patil, J., Gunasekera, R., McEnnulty, F., Bax, N. (2004). Development of genetic probes for rapid assessement of impacts of marine invasive species on native biodiveristy- Maoricolpus roseus. Final Project Report (This project was funded through the Coasts and Clean Seas Program of the National Heritage Trust, Introduced Marine Pests Program (Full report PDF file, 2MB)

Patil, J.G., Hayes, K.R., Gunasekera, R.M., Deagle, B.E., McEnnulty, F.R., Bax, N.J. and Hewitt, C.L. (2004). Port of Hastings National Demonstration Project – Verification of the Type II error rate of the Ballast ater Decision Support System (DSS). Final report for Environmental Protection Authority as project managers for the Victorian Government consortium of the Department of Sustainability and Environment, Department of Infrastructure and EPA, and project partners Australian Quarantine and Inspection Service and CSIRO Marine Research.

Report includes details on development of genetic probes for three common ballast water species, and their application to determine the presence of these species in ballast water classified as low risk by the Decision Support System. (Executive summary PDF file, 2MB)(Full Report PDF file, 2MB)

Sutton, C.A.. And Hewitt, C.L. (2004). Detection kits for community-based monitoring of marine pests. Final Report for NHT/C&CS project 21247 (This project was funded through the Coasts and Clean Seas Program of the National Heritage Trust, Introduced Marine Pests Program). 

Report includes design and testing of sampling methods against scientific survey data and recommendations for national coordination. (Full Report PDF file, 6MB)

Sliwa, C. and Bax, N. (2002). National Introduced Marine Pest Information System (NIMPIS). Final Report for NHT/C&CS project 21246 (This project was funded through the Coasts and Clean Seas Program of the National Heritage Trust, Introduced Marine Pests Program). (Full Report 867K PDF file)

Williamson, A.T., Bax, N.J., Gonzalez, E. & Geeves, W. (Editors) (2002).  Development of a Regional Risk Management Framework for APEC Economies for Use in the Control and Prevention of Introduced Marine Pests, APEC Marine Resource Conservation Working Group, Final Report.  

The report includes a range of information and the next steps necessary to address, in a coordinated and widely acceptable way, the problem of marine pests in the APEC region. (Executive summary) (Full report PDF file, 4.2MB)

Bax, N.J. and McEnnulty, F.R. (2001). Rapid response options for managing marine pest incursions. Final Report for NHT/C&CS project 21249 (This project was funded through the Coasts and Clean Seas Program of the National Heritage Trust, Introduced Marine Pests Program.) This report can be viewed in sections:

• Section I. Bax, N.J. (2000), Executive summary (PDF File 120K)
• Section II. McEnnulty, F.R., Bax, N.J, Schaffelke, B. and Campbell, M.L. (2000),  A literature review of rapid response options for the control of ABWMAC listed species and related taxa in Australia (PDF file 700K)
• Section III. Jones, T.E., McEnnulty, F.R., Bax, N.J. (2001), The Wed-Based Rapid Response Toolbox  http://crimp.marine.csiro.au/NIMPIS/controls.htm

Martin, R. and Proctor, C. (2000). Tasmanian marine farm marine pest monitoring project. Final Report for NHT/C&CS project IMP16/97. (Project coordinated by the Fishing Industry Training Board of Tasmania Inc. and funded through the Coasts and Clean Seas Program of the National Heritage Trust). (Report summary) (full report 1.2 MB PDF file)

Trowbridge, C.D. (1999). An assessment of the potential spread and options for control of the introduced green macroalga Codium fragile ssp. tomentosoides on Australian shores. Report to the Victorian Department of Natural Resources and Environment (Funding to support this project was provided through the Introduced Marine Pests Program of Environment Australia). (Report summary) (Full report 1 MB PDF file)

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CRIMP TECHNICAL REPORT SERIES

POTENTIAL FOR THE INTRODUCTION AND TRANSLOCATION OF EXOTIC SPECIES BY HULL FOULING: A PRELIMINARY ASSESSMENT

SEBASTIAN F. RAINER

Technical Report #1 (PDF 1.28MB)

 

THE STATUS OF THE INTRODUCED MARINE FANWORM SABELLA SPALLANZANII IN WESTERN AUSTRALIA: A PRELIMINARY INVESTIGATION

GEORDIE CLAPIN AND DAVID R. EVANS

Technical Report #2 (PDF 2.6MB)

 

DETECTION AND PRELIMINARY EVALUATION OF NATURAL ENEMIES FOR POSSIBLE BIOLOGICAL CONTROL OF THE NORTHERN PACIFIC SEASTAR,ASTERIAS AMURENSIS

ARMAND M. KURIS, KEVIN D. LAFFERTY & MARK J. GRYGIER

Technical Report #3 (PDF 936MB)

 

PORT SURVEYS FOR INTRODUCED MARINE SPECIES - BACKGROUND CONSIDERATIONS AND SAMPLING PROTOCOLS

CHAD L. HEWITT AND RICHARD B. MARTIN

Technical Report #4 (PDF 2.45MB)

 

A GUIDE TO THE INTRODUCED MARINE SPECIES IN AUSTRALIAN WATERS

DIANNE M. FURLANI

Technical Report #5 (Executive summary)
Please note this technical report has been updated as an online information system and is available on the web at http://crimp.marine.csiro.au/nimpis

 

TEMPERATURE AND SALINITY TOLERANCES OF THE LARVAE OF THE NORTHERN PACIFIC SEASTAR ASTERIAS AMURENSIS

CAROLINE .A. SUTTON AND BARRY. D. BRUCE

Technical Report #6 (PDF 1.52MB)

 

ENVIRONMENTAL TOLERANCES OF LARVAE OF THE EUROPEAN PARASITIC BARNACLE, SACCULINA CARCINI (RHIZOCEPHALA: SACCULINIDAE): IMPLICATIONS FOR USE AS A BIOLOGICAL CONTROL AGENT AGAINST THE INTRODUCED EUROPEAN CRAB, CARCINUS MAENAS

RONALD E. THRESHER

Technical Report #7 (PDF 1.24MB)

 

BIOCHEMICAL GENETICS OF THE INTRODUCED MARINE FANWORM SABELLA SPALLANZANII

ROBERT D. WARD AND JANE ANDREW

Technical Report #8 (PDF 1.76MB)

 

REVIEW AND EVALUATION OF THE POTENTIAL OF MOLECULAR APPROACHES FOR THE ENVIRONMENTALLY BENIGN MANAGEMENT OF THE COMMON CARP (CYPRINUS CARPIO) IN AUSTRALIAN WATERS

PETER GREWE

Technical Report #10 (PDF 1.76MB)

 

PROCEEDINGS OF THE FIRST INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP ON THE DEMOGRAPHY, IMPACTS AND MANAGEMENT OF INTRODUCED POPULATIONS OF THE EUROPEAN CRAB, CARCINUS MAENAS

RONALD E. THRESHER (Ed.)

Technical Report #11 (PDF 5.1MB)

 

A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE INTRODUCED MARINE SPECIES IN AUSTRALIAN WATERS

DIANNE FURLANI

Technical Report #12 (PDF 8.67MB)

 

A REVIEW OF ECOLOGICAL RISK ASSESSMENT METHODOLOGIES

KEITH R. HAYES

Technical Report #13 (PDF 778MB)

 

RISK ASSESSMENT FRAMEWORK FOR BALLAST WATER INTRODUCTIONS

KEITH R. HAYES AND CHAD L. HEWITT

Technical Report #14 (PDF 3.32MB)

 

PROCEEDINGS OF A MEETING ON THE BIOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT OF THE INTRODUCED SEASTAR ASTERIAS AMURENSIS IN AUSTRALIAN WATERS

C. LOUISE GOGGIN (Ed.)

Technical Report #15 (PDF 3.59MB)

 

THE USE OF BIOCIDAL AGENTS AS POTENTIAL CONTROL MECHANISMS FOR THE EXOTIC KELP UNDARIA PINNATIFIDA

TREVOR R. BURRIDGE AND JACQUELLE GORSKI

Technical Report #16 (PDF 1.35MB)

 

BAYESIAN STATISTICAL INFERENCE IN ECOLOGICAL RISK ASSESSMENT

KEITH R. HAYES

Technical Report #17 (PDF 758KB)

 

A REVIEW AND EVALUATION OF BALLAST WATER SAMPLING PROTOCOLS

CAROLINE A. SUTTON, KATE MURPHY, RICHARD B. MARTIN AND CHAD L. HEWITT

Technical Report #18 (PDF 4.68MB)

 

MARINE BIOLOGICAL INVASIONS OF PORT PHILLIP BAY VICTORIA

CHAD L. HEWITT, MARNIE L. CAMPBELL, RONALD E. THRESHER AND RICHARD B. MARTIN (Eds)

Technical Report #20 (Executive summary)

 

RISK ASSESSMENT FOR BALLAST WATER INTRODUCTIONS - VOLUME II

KEITH R. HAYES AND CHAD L. HEWITT

Technical Report #21 (PDF 1.51MB)

 

REVISED PROTOCOLS FOR BASELINE PORT SURVEYS FOR INTRODUCED MARINE SPECIES: SURVEY DESIGN, SAMPLING PROTOCOLS AND SPECIMEN HANDLING

CHAD L. HEWITT AND RICHARD B. MARTIN

Technical Report #22 (PDF 642KB)

 

A review of rapid response options for the control of ABWMAC listed INtroduced Marine Pest species and related taxa in AustraliaN Waters

Felicity R. McEnnulty, Nicholas J. Bax, Britta Schaffelke and Marnie L. Campbell

Technical Report #23 (PDF 714KB)

 

DISTRIBUTION AND BIOLOGY OF THE INTRODUCED GASTROPOD, MAORICOLPUS ROSEUS (QUOY AND GAMARD, 1934) (CAENOGASTROPODA:TURRITELLIDAE) IN AUSTRALia

Nicholas J. Bax, Felicity R. McEnnultY AND KAREN L. GOWLETT-HOLMES

Technical Report #25 (PDF 438KB)

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THESES/DISSERTATIONS SUPERVISED BY STAFF

Ross. J. (2001) Impacts of Asterias amurensis and invasibility of native communities in Tasmania. PhD, Department of Zoology, University of Tasmania. (CRIMP advisor: Chad Hewitt)

Morris, A. (submitted). Early life history of the introduced seastar Asterias amurensis in the Derwent Estuary, Tasmania: The potential for ecology-based management. PhD candidate, University of Tasmania. (CRIMP advisor: Ron Thresher)

Patrick Lewis (in prep). In the wake of the Aurora: an investigation into the hazard of marine introductions in the Southern Ocean. B.Sc. Honours, IASOS, University of Tasmania, Hobart. (CRIMP advisor: Chad Hewitt)

Jonathon Smith, (2001) Dinoflagellate resting cysts from recent Western Australian sediments: Taxonomy, Ecology, and Biogeography.  B.Sc. Honours, Department of Plant Science, University of Tasmania. (CRIMP advisor: Chad Hewitt)

Coutts, A. (2000). Hull fouling as a factor in species transport across the Tasman sea. M.Sc. Thesis, Australian Maritime College. (CRIMP advisor: Chad Hewitt)

Sliwa, C. (1999) An alternative dispersal mechanism for the introduced Japanese macroalga Undaria pinnatifida. B.Sc. Honours Thesis (First Class), Department of Zoology, University of Tasmania. (CRIMP advisor: Chad Hewitt)

Scott, R. (1998). Aspects of the biology of Maoricolpus roseus. B.Sc. Honours Thesis, IASOS, University of   Tasmania (CRIMP advisor: Dick Martin)

Murphy, K. (1998). Predicting currents due to shipping operations for ballast water risk assessment. B.Eng.  Honours Thesis, Department of Environmental Engineering, University of Western Australia (CRIMP advisors:  Chad Hewitt, Keith Hayes)

Murphy, K. (1997). The survival and sampling of zooplankton in ballast water. Bsc Honours Thesis (First Class). Department of Zoology, University of Tasmania. (CRIMP advisor: Chad Hewitt)

Mackinnon, C. (1997). Impact of the introduced European green crab, Carcinus maenas on Tasmanian bivalve populations. B.Sc. Honours Thesis, University of Tasmania (CRIMP advisor: Ron Thresher)

Lewis, S. (1997). Behaviour and population ecology of juvenile European shore crabs in Tasmania. B.Sc. Honours Thesis, University of Tasmania (CRIMP advisors: Craig Proctor, Ron Thresher)

 

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