Abesinghe Akila, Sudasinghe Hiranya, Amarasinghe Anjalie, Fareed Fazla, Senavirathna Tharani, Meegaskumbura Madhava
Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka Evolutionary Ecology and Systematics Lab, Department of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Faculty of Science, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka.
Zootaxa. 2020 Sep 14;4852(1):zootaxa.4852.1.10. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4852.1.10.
Invasive alien species (IAS) are a major threat to biodiversity and have contributed to population declines in native species worldwide (Vilà et al. 2011; Gurevitch Padilla 2004). IUCN's Invasive Species Specialist Group lists some 80 invasive or potentially invasive species in Sri Lanka, which is part of a global biodiversity hotspot (Myers et al. 2000; Marambe et al. 2011). The major release of aquatic IAS on the island are routed through the ornamental-fish industry (Marambe et al. 2011; Sudasinghe 2016), though a minority represents deliberate, if unplanned, introductions by governmental and non-governmental agencies (Marambe et al. 2011).
外来入侵物种对生物多样性构成重大威胁,并导致全球范围内本土物种数量减少(比拉等人,2011年;古列维奇·帕迪拉,2004年)。国际自然保护联盟的入侵物种专家组列出了斯里兰卡约80种入侵或潜在入侵物种,该国是全球生物多样性热点地区之一(迈尔斯等人,2000年;马拉姆贝等人,2011年)。该岛屿上水生外来入侵物种的主要来源是观赏鱼产业(马拉姆贝等人,2011年;苏达辛赫,2016年),不过少数是政府和非政府机构有意(尽管是无计划的)引入的(马拉姆贝等人,2011年)。