Invasion
Invasion Description
1st record: Sea dikes/Netherlands/North Sea (1730, Reise et al. 1999, Wolff 2005). Historical accounts of shipworms before 1700 refer to damage to vessels, possibly due to other species (Wolff 2005). Fossil shipworms from northern Europe appear to be those of other species (Moll 1914, cited by Wolff 2005).
Geographic Extent
Sea dikes/Netherlands/North Sea (1730, Reise et al. 1999, Wolff 2005); Haren/Netherlands/North Sea (Borges 2013); Southampton/England/Southampton Water (Coughlan 1976); Dover, Kent/English Channel (Museum of Comparative Zoology 2007); http://collections.oeb.harvard.edu/Mollusks/MolluskDetail.cfm); Yersek/Netherlands/North Sea (Museum of Comparative Zoology 2007 http://collections.oeb.harvard.edu/Mollusks/MolluskDetail.cfm); Port of Rotterdam/Netherlands/Rhine-Meuse estuary (Paalvast and van der Velde 2011); Germany/Wadden Sea (Buschbaum et al. 2012); Germany/Elbe Estuary-Helgoland Bight (meso-euhaline, Nehring 2006); Liverpool/England/Irish Sea (Newll 1920, cited by Borges et al. 2014)
Vectors
| Level | Vector |
|---|---|
| Probable | Hull Fouling |
Regional Impacts
| Economic Impact | Shipping/Boating | |
| Teredo navalis and other shipworms have long posed a threat to wooden boats, ships, and structures in northern European waters (Hoppe 2002; Wolff 2005; Did?iulis 2011). | ||
| Economic Impact | Health | |
| Safety, Shoreline Protection- Teredo navalis was first described in 1731, when it caused massive damage to wooden dikes in the Netherlands, destroying 50 km of seawall, resulting in disastrous floods (Hoppe 2002; Wolff 2005; Didžiulis 2011). | ||
References
Borges, L. M. S. (2013) Biodegradation of wood exposed in the marine environment: Evaluation of the hazard posed by marine wood-borers in fifteen European sites, International Biodeterioration & Biodegradation 96: 97-104Borges, Luísa M. S.; Merckelbach, Lucas M.; Sampaio, Íris; Cragg, Simon M. (2014b) Diversity, environmental requirements, and biogeography of bivalve wood borers (Teredinidae) in European coastal waters, Frontiers in Zoology 11(13): Published online
Buschbaum, Christian; Lackschewitz, Dagmar; Reise, Karsten (2012) Nonnative macrobenthos in the Wadden Sea ecosystem, Journal of Ocean Management 68: 89-101
Coughlan, J. (1977) Marine borers in Southampton Water, Proceedings of the Hampshire Field Club and Archaeological Society 33: 5-15
2011 NOBANIS: Invasive Alien Species Fact Sheet;- <i>Teredo navalis</i>. http://www.nobanis.org/files/factsheets/Teredo_navalis.pdf
Gollasch, Stephan; Haydar, Deniz; Minchin, Dan; Wolff,Wim J.; Reise, Karsten (2009) Biological Invasions in Marine Ecosystems., Springer-Verlag, Berlin Heidelberg. Pp. 507-528
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Nehring, Stefan (2006) Four arguments why so many alien species settle into estuaries, with special reference to German River Elbe., Helgoland Marine Research 60: 127-134
Paalvast, P.; van der Velde, G. (2011) Distribution, settlement, and growth of first-year individuals of the shipworm Teredo navalis L. (Bivalvia: Teredinidae) in the Port of Rotterdam area, the Netherlands, International Biodeterioration & Biodegradation 65: 379-388
Paalvast, Peter; van der Velde, Gerard (2011) New threats of an old enemy: The distribution of the shipworm Teredo navalis L. (Bivalvia: Teredinidae) related to climate change in the Port of Rotterdam area, the Netherlands, Marine Pollution Bulletin 62: 1822-1829
Reise, K.; Gollasch, S.; Wolff, W.J. (1999) Introduced marine species of the North Sea coasts., Helgoländer Meeresuntersuchungen 52: 219-234
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