A long way from home: Biosecurity lessons learnt from the impact of La Niña on the transportation and establishment of tropical portunid species

Matthew J. Hewitt; Mathew Hourston; Justin I. McDonald

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0202766

Loading metrics

Open Access

Peer-reviewed

Research Article

A long way from home: Biosecurity lessons learnt from the impact of La Niña on the transportation and establishment of tropical portunid species

Matthew J. Hewitt ,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: Matthew.Hewitt@dpird.wa.gov.au

Affiliation Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development, Aquatic Biosecurity Surveillance, Perth, Western Australia, Australia

http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1008-2583

⨯
Mathew Hourston,

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development, Bycatch and Harvest Strategies, Science and Resource Assessments Division, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
⨯
Justin I. McDonald

Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development, Aquatic Biosecurity Surveillance, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
⨯

A long way from home: Biosecurity lessons learnt from the impact of La Niña on the transportation and establishment of tropical portunid species

Matthew J. Hewitt,
Mathew Hourston,
Justin I. McDonald

Published: August 22, 2018
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0202766

About the Authors

Matthew J. Hewitt

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: Matthew.Hewitt@dpird.wa.gov.au

Affiliation Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development, Aquatic Biosecurity Surveillance, Perth, Western Australia, Australia

http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1008-2583

Mathew Hourston

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development, Bycatch and Harvest Strategies, Science and Resource Assessments Division, Perth, Western Australia, Australia

Justin I. McDonald

Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development, Aquatic Biosecurity Surveillance, Perth, Western Australia, Australia

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Subject Areas
?

For more information about PLOS Subject Areas, click here.
We want your feedback. Do these Subject Areas make sense for this article? Click the target next to the incorrect Subject Area and let us know. Thanks for your help!

Crabs
Is the Subject Area "Crabs" applicable to this article?

Thanks for your feedback.
Ocean temperature
Is the Subject Area "Ocean temperature" applicable to this article?

Thanks for your feedback.
El Niño-Southern Oscillation
Is the Subject Area "El Niño-Southern Oscillation" applicable to this article?

Thanks for your feedback.
Estuaries
Is the Subject Area "Estuaries" applicable to this article?

Thanks for your feedback.
Marine biology
Is the Subject Area "Marine biology" applicable to this article?

Thanks for your feedback.
Marine ecosystems
Is the Subject Area "Marine ecosystems" applicable to this article?

Thanks for your feedback.
Larvae
Is the Subject Area "Larvae" applicable to this article?

Thanks for your feedback.
Transportation
Is the Subject Area "Transportation" applicable to this article?

Thanks for your feedback.