Paternity data

Paternity dat

Fish dissections data

Fish dissections dat

Species Mortality data: infection with S. destruens

Mortality data of fish species infected with Sphaerothecum destruens

Influencing Invasive Species Management Policy.

<p>The case study of topmouth gudgeon <i>Pseudorasbora parva</i> in the UK.</p

Evaluation of UK conservation concerns.

<p>Conservation managers (n = 132), public respondents (n = 186) and anglers (n = 103) were asked to select one species from a range, (a) red squirrel, native crayfish or coarse fish, (b) red squirrel, native crayfish or salmon, for which a disease to, would cause the most ecological concern.</p

Evaluation of knowledge and threat perception concerning non-native species in the UK.

<p>(a) Knowledge (%) and (b) threat perception (%) of non-native species in the UK by the public (black; n = 186), conservation managers (white; n = 132) and anglers (grey; n = 103).</p

Topmouth gudgeon <i>Pseudorasbora parva</i> invasion.

<p>Predicted populations (grey line; y = 0.417ln(x) +0.2461; R² = 0.97) based on European invasion data <a href="http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0053200#pone.0053200-Gozlan2" target="_blank">[23]</a> and 95% confidence interval (dash line). Effective topmouth gudgeon populations detected in the UK during the same period (black line) with the star indicating the start of the national eradication programme.</p

Search strings allocated to non-native species.

<p>Search terms used to conduct internet searches (using Google, Yahoo and Bing) and locate scientific publications using Web of Knowledge.</p

Correlation between scientific research and media concerning invasive species resident in the UK.

<p>Publication rate per annum (black) and web entries (number of internet hits) (white) concerning non-native species in the UK.</p

Mortality pattern in <i>Abramis brama</i> as a result of infection with <i>Sphaerothecum destruens</i>.

<p>The cumulative percentage mortality in the treatment groups (n = 60 individuals in total) and daily mortalities are presented for 26 days post exposure with <i>S. destruens</i>.</p