Marine Organism Investigations, Caragh, Marina Village, Ballina, Killaloe, Co Clare, Ireland.
Mar Pollut Bull. 2012 Oct;64(10):2146-50. doi: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2012.07.041. Epub 2012 Aug 21.
A rapid assessment, using the abundance and distribution range method, was used to evaluate the status of a large branching bryozoan, Zoobotryon verticillatum attached to the immersed part of marina pontoons in the Canary Islands. Colonies were also found attached to the hulls of leisure craft berthed alongside pontoons at three marinas in Lanzarote during 2012. Low levels of abundance and distribution of the bryozoan occurred in marinas with a freshwater influence whereas in a sheltered marina lacking direct freshwater inputs colonies occurred at ∼2 per metre of combined pontoon length. While the occurrence of this bryozoan is recent it may be expected to occur elsewhere in Macaronesia most probably spread by leisure craft.
采用丰度和分布范围方法进行快速评估，评估了加那利群岛码头浸没部分附着的大型分枝苔藓动物Zoobotryon verticillatum 的状况。2012 年在兰萨罗特岛的三个码头，还发现有附着在停泊在码头旁边的休闲船船体上的群体。在受淡水影响的码头，苔藓动物的丰度和分布水平较低，而在一个没有直接淡水输入的受庇护码头，群体出现在每米组合码头长度上约 2 个。虽然这种苔藓动物的出现是最近的，但预计在马卡罗尼西亚的其他地方也会出现，很可能是通过休闲船传播的。
