Recommendations for developing and applying genetic tools to assess and manage biological invasions in marine ecosystems

摘要: Abstract The European Union’s Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD) aims to adopt integrated ecosystem management approaches achieve or maintain “Good Environmental Status” for marine waters, habitats and resources, including mitigation of the negative effects non-indigenous species (NIS). further seeks promote broadly standardized monitoring efforts assessment temporal trends in condition, incorporating metrics describing distribution impacts NIS. Accomplishing these goals will require application advanced tools NIS surveillance risk assessment, particularly given known challenges associated with surveying traditional methods. In past decade, a host methods based on nucleic acids (DNA RNA) analysis have been developed that promise dramatically enhance capacity assessing managing However, ensuring rapidly evolving remain accessible responsive needs resource managers remains challenge. This paper provides recommendations future development genetic systems, within context explicit requirements MSFD. Issues considered include technological innovation, methodological standardization, data sharing collaboration, critical importance shared foundational taxonomic expertise. Though offered here are not exhaustive, they provide basis intentional (and international) collaborative toolkit research, capable fulfilling immediate long term conservation.