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Shipping Vectors

Shipping Vectors is a conceptual framework within invasion pathways research that identifies and analyzes the mechanisms by which non-native species are transported across biogeographic boundaries via commercial shipping activities, distinguishing it from other dispersal vectors through its focus on maritime transport infrastructures and operational practices.

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180

Authors

93

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2017–2026

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Publications

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Global Invasions of Marine and Estuarine Habitats by Non-Indigenous Species: Mechanisms, Extent, and Consequences

Gregory M. Ruiz, James T. Carlton, Edwin D. Grosholz et al. · American Zoologist · 1997 · 1.1K citations · Full text

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Global forecasts of shipping traffic and biological invasions to 2050

Anthony Sardain, Erik Sardain, Brian Leung · Nature Sustainability · 2019 · 461 citations

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The Importance of Ship Hull Fouling as a Vector of Species Introductions into the North Sea

Stephan Gollasch · Biofouling · 2002 · 359 citations

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Arctic shipping and marine invaders

A. Whitman Miller, Gregory M. Ruiz · Nature Climate Change · 2014 · 186 citations

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Imposex in whelks (Buccinum undatum) from the open North Sea: Relation to shipping traffic intensities

Cato C. ten Hallers-Tjabbes, John Kemp, J.P. Boon · Marine Pollution Bulletin · 1994 · 170 citations

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Authors

180

  1. HJ
    Hugh J. MacIsaac

    University of Windsor, Canada

    6 publications · 308 citations

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  2. SA
    Sarah A. Bailey

    Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Canada

    5 publications · 263 citations

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  3. GM
    Gregory M. Ruiz

    Smithsonian Environmental Research Center, United States

    4 publications · 1.4K citations

    4

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  4. SG
    Stephan Gollasch

    InfoConsult (Germany), Germany

    3 publications · 542 citations

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  5. EB
    Elizabeta Briski

    GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel, Germany

    3 publications · 155 citations

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Institutions

93

  1. Fisheries and Oceans Canada

    Ottawa, Canada

    9 h-index

    20 publications

    1.3K citations

  2. University of Windsor

    Windsor, Canada

    7 h-index

    13 publications

    647 citations

  3. Smithsonian Environmental Research Center

    Edgewater, United States

    7 h-index

    16 publications

    3.2K citations

  4. Marine Scotland

    Edinburgh, United Kingdom

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    102 citations

  5. Finnish Environment Institute

    Helsinki, Finland

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    137 citations

  6. Environmental Protection Agency

    Washington, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    151 citations

  7. University of Delaware

    Newark, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    88 citations

  8. McGill University

    Montreal, Canada

    2 h-index

    4 publications

    1K citations

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Venues

  1. Marine Pollution Bulletin

    5 publications · 358 citations

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  2. Journal of Applied Ecology

    2 publications · 102 citations

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  3. Management of Biological Invasions

    2 publications · 33 citations

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  4. Diversity and Distributions

    2 publications · 145 citations

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  5. Marine Biology

    2 publications · 90 citations

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