Feasibility of Using the RAMAS-Metapopulation Model to Assess the Risk of a Non-indigenous Copepod, Pseudodiaptomus Marinus, Establishing in Vancouver Harbour from Ballast Water

Résumé du livre

This report evaluates the Risk Analysis Management Alternative System (RAMAS) Metapopulation model to predict the risk of establishment of a non-indigenous species in Vancouver Harbour. The investigators conducted simulations using life history data from the literature and the RAMAS model, based on a single population and a metapopulation, to assess the risk of population explosion of the copepod Pseudodiaptomus marinus released into the harbour from ballast water. Parameters investigated include initial density, population structure, and transport or dispersal rate.