Watercraft decontamination practices to reduce the viability of aquatic invasive species implicated in overland transport

• Published in: Scientific reports Vol. 13; no. 1; pp. 7238 - 13
• Main Authors: Mohit, Shrisha, Johnson, Timothy B., Arnott, Shelley E.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Nature Publishing Group UK 04.05.2023; Nature Publishing Group; Nature Portfolio
• Subjects: 631/158; 704/158; Acclimation; Acclimatization; Air temperature; Boating; Decontamination; Decontamination - methods; Drying; Gastropoda; Humanities and Social Sciences; Introduced Species; Invasive species; Invertebrates; Lakes; Mollusks; Mortality; multidisciplinary; Nonnative species; Plants; Resource management; Science; Science (multidisciplinary); Survival; Temperature; Temperature requirements; Water; Water pressure

Recreational boating activities enable aquatic invasive species (AIS) dispersal among disconnected lakes, as invertebrates and plants caught on or contained within watercraft and equipment used in invaded waterbodies can survive overland transport. Besides simple preventive measures such as "cl...