Invasive species pose a serious threat to nature conservation. Despite there being much recent legislature to protect natural biodiversity, measures to prevent the introduction of non-native marine species are minimal. Unless applied immediately, control methods are largely ineffective and spread is inevitable. Nonetheless it is important to protect habitats and species of nature conservation interest and prevention is better than cure.
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Eno, C., & Hamer, J. P. (2002). Nature Conservation Implications of Marine Biological Invasions. In Invasive Aquatic Species of Europe. Distribution, Impacts and Management (pp. 477–483). Springer Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-9956-6_47
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