Clover Grass in the Pacific? 🌊
How did this "Vulnerable" Caribbean seagrass cross oceans? Not by manatees, but a "giant ocean blender"—ships' ballast water. 🚢
It's wild how human trade silently rewires biodiversity, mixing species that should never meet.
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11年後のレッドリスト|イソベクローバ:危ういまま、航路に乗せられる【IUCNレッドリスト比較】

今回は、イソベクローバ(学名:Halophila baillonii)が、まるで「海をかき回すミキサー」に巻き込まれて、太平洋側にも?って話です。2014年の図鑑では、沿岸開発とか水質の悪化が原因で「VU:危急」って評価されていました。でも、最新のレッドリストを見ると、太平洋側(東部熱帯太平洋)でも生息が確認されたのに、評価は今も「VU:危急」のままなんです。だからイソベクローバは今も、「危ういまま、航路に乗せられる」そんな状態なんだと思います。この記事は短めで、5分くらいで読めます。よかったら、最後まで読んでいってください。

11年後のレッドリスト|2014年→2025年:IUCNレッドリスト比較
State officials have failed to stop destructive #InvasiveSpecies from spreading to the Bay-Delta despite laws on the books designed to do so: “We had the highest standards in the world, but they were never actually enforced because the state couldn’t come up with a set of technologies to implement them,” as our attorney Ben Eichenberg explained to CalMatters https://calmatters.org/environment/2024/11/california-mussels-enforcement-ballast-water-ships/ @CALMatters #cadelta #californiadelta #sfbay #sanfranciscobay #waterpollution #ballastpollution #ballastwater
Unstoppable invasion: How did mussels sneak into California, despite decades of state shipping rules?

California officials have tested the ballast water of only 16 ships. Experts say invaders like mussels are inevitable under current rules.

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Tis the season... for an EXO PARTY!
#BallastWater research and @DrPlanktonguy 's #LowerTrophic research use the same sensors so we collaborate and calibrate all at once!