TY  - JOUR
AU  - Copp, Gordon H.
AU  - Vilizzi, Lorenzo
AU  - Wei, Hui
AU  - Li, Shan
AU  - Piria, Marina
AU  - Al-Faisal, Abbas J.
AU  - Almeida, David
AU  - Atique, Usman
AU  - Al-Wazzan, Zainab
AU  - Bakiu, Rigers
AU  - Bašić, Tea
AU  - Bui, Thuyet D.
AU  - Canning-Clode, João
AU  - Castro, Nuno
AU  - Chaichana, Ratcha
AU  - Çoker, Tülin
AU  - Dashinov, Dimitriy
AU  - Ekmekçi, F.Güler
AU  - Erős, Tibor
AU  - Ferincz, Árpád
AU  - Ferreira, Teresa
AU  - Giannetto, Daniela
AU  - Gilles, Allan S.
AU  - Głowacki, Łukasz
AU  - Goulletquer, Philippe
AU  - Interesova, Elena
AU  - Iqbal, Sonia
AU  - Jakubčinová, Katarína
AU  - Kanongdate, Kamalaporn
AU  - Kim, Jeong-Eun
AU  - Kopecký, Oldřich
AU  - Kostov, Vasil
AU  - Koutsikos, Nicholas
AU  - Kozic, Sebastian
AU  - Kristan, Petra
AU  - Kurita, Yoshihisa
AU  - Lee, Hwang-Goo
AU  - Leuven, Rob S.E.W.
AU  - Lipinskaya, Tatsiana
AU  - Lukas, Juliane
AU  - Marchini, Agnese
AU  - González Martínez, Ana Isabel
AU  - Masson, Laurence
AU  - Memedemin, Daniyar
AU  - Moghaddas, Seyed Daryoush
AU  - Monteiro, João
AU  - Mumladze, Levan
AU  - Naddafi, Rahmat
AU  - Năvodaru, Ion
AU  - Olsson, Karin H.
AU  - Onikura, Norio
AU  - Paganelli, Daniele
AU  - Pavia, Richard Thomas
AU  - Perdikaris, Costas
AU  - Pickholtz, Renanel
AU  - Pietraszewski, Dariusz
AU  - Povž, Meta
AU  - Preda, Cristina
AU  - Ristovska, Milica
AU  - Rosíková, Karin
AU  - Santos, José Maria
AU  - Semenchenko, Vitaliy
AU  - Senanan, Wansuk
AU  - Simonović, Predrag
AU  - Smeti, Evangelia
AU  - Števove, Barbora
AU  - Švolíková, Kristína
AU  - Ta, Kieu Anh T.
AU  - Tarkan, Ali Serhan
AU  - Top, Nildeniz
AU  - Tricarico, Elena
AU  - Uzunova, Eliza
AU  - Vardakas, Leonidas
AU  - Verreycken, Hugo
AU  - Zięba, Grzegorz
AU  - Mendoza, Roberto
PY  - 2020
UR  - https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S1364815220309579
UR  - https://radar.ibiss.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/3946
AB  - Environmental changes due to non-native species introductions and translocations are a global concern. Whilst understanding the causes of bioinvasions is important, there is need for decision-support tools that facilitate effective communication of the potential risks of invasive non-native species to stakeholders. Decision-support tools have been developed mostly in English language only, which increases linguistic uncertainty associated with risk assessments undertaken by assessors not of English mother tongue and who need to communicate outcomes to local stakeholders. To reduce language-based uncertainty, the ‘ecology-of-language’ paradigm was applied when developing the Aquatic Species Invasiveness Screening Kit (AS-ISK), a decision-support tool that offers 32 languages in which to carry out screenings and communicate outcomes to stakeholders. Topics discussed include uncertainty related to language-specific issues encountered during the AS-ISK translation and the potential benefits of a multilingual decision-support tool for reducing linguistic uncertainty and enhancing communication between scientists, environmental managers, and policy and decision makers.
PB  - Elsevier BV
T2  - Environmental Modelling & Software
T1  - Speaking their language – development of a multilingual decision-support tool for communicating invasive species risks to decision makers and stakeholders
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abstract = "Environmental changes due to non-native species introductions and translocations are a global concern. Whilst understanding the causes of bioinvasions is important, there is need for decision-support tools that facilitate effective communication of the potential risks of invasive non-native species to stakeholders. Decision-support tools have been developed mostly in English language only, which increases linguistic uncertainty associated with risk assessments undertaken by assessors not of English mother tongue and who need to communicate outcomes to local stakeholders. To reduce language-based uncertainty, the ‘ecology-of-language’ paradigm was applied when developing the Aquatic Species Invasiveness Screening Kit (AS-ISK), a decision-support tool that offers 32 languages in which to carry out screenings and communicate outcomes to stakeholders. Topics discussed include uncertainty related to language-specific issues encountered during the AS-ISK translation and the potential benefits of a multilingual decision-support tool for reducing linguistic uncertainty and enhancing communication between scientists, environmental managers, and policy and decision makers.",
publisher = "Elsevier BV",
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Copp GH, Vilizzi L, Wei H, Li S, Piria M, Al-Faisal AJ, Almeida D, Atique U, Al-Wazzan Z, Bakiu R, Bašić T, Bui TD, Canning-Clode J, Castro N, Chaichana R, Çoker T, Dashinov D, Ekmekçi F, Erős T, Ferincz Á, Ferreira T, Giannetto D, Gilles AS, Głowacki Ł, Goulletquer P, Interesova E, Iqbal S, Jakubčinová K, Kanongdate K, Kim J, Kopecký O, Kostov V, Koutsikos N, Kozic S, Kristan P, Kurita Y, Lee H, Leuven RS, Lipinskaya T, Lukas J, Marchini A, González Martínez AI, Masson L, Memedemin D, Moghaddas SD, Monteiro J, Mumladze L, Naddafi R, Năvodaru I, Olsson KH, Onikura N, Paganelli D, Pavia RT, Perdikaris C, Pickholtz R, Pietraszewski D, Povž M, Preda C, Ristovska M, Rosíková K, Santos JM, Semenchenko V, Senanan W, Simonović P, Smeti E, Števove B, Švolíková K, Ta KAT, Tarkan AS, Top N, Tricarico E, Uzunova E, Vardakas L, Verreycken H, Zięba G, Mendoza R. Speaking their language – development of a multilingual decision-support tool for communicating invasive species risks to decision makers and stakeholders. in Environmental Modelling & Software. 2020;135:104900.
doi:10.1016/j.envsoft.2020.104900 .

Copp, Gordon H., Vilizzi, Lorenzo, Wei, Hui, Li, Shan, Piria, Marina, Al-Faisal, Abbas J., Almeida, David, Atique, Usman, Al-Wazzan, Zainab, Bakiu, Rigers, Bašić, Tea, Bui, Thuyet D., Canning-Clode, João, Castro, Nuno, Chaichana, Ratcha, Çoker, Tülin, Dashinov, Dimitriy, Ekmekçi, F.Güler, Erős, Tibor, Ferincz, Árpád, Ferreira, Teresa, Giannetto, Daniela, Gilles, Allan S., Głowacki, Łukasz, Goulletquer, Philippe, Interesova, Elena, Iqbal, Sonia, Jakubčinová, Katarína, Kanongdate, Kamalaporn, Kim, Jeong-Eun, Kopecký, Oldřich, Kostov, Vasil, Koutsikos, Nicholas, Kozic, Sebastian, Kristan, Petra, Kurita, Yoshihisa, Lee, Hwang-Goo, Leuven, Rob S.E.W., Lipinskaya, Tatsiana, Lukas, Juliane, Marchini, Agnese, González Martínez, Ana Isabel, Masson, Laurence, Memedemin, Daniyar, Moghaddas, Seyed Daryoush, Monteiro, João, Mumladze, Levan, Naddafi, Rahmat, Năvodaru, Ion, Olsson, Karin H., Onikura, Norio, Paganelli, Daniele, Pavia, Richard Thomas, Perdikaris, Costas, Pickholtz, Renanel, Pietraszewski, Dariusz, Povž, Meta, Preda, Cristina, Ristovska, Milica, Rosíková, Karin, Santos, José Maria, Semenchenko, Vitaliy, Senanan, Wansuk, Simonović, Predrag, Smeti, Evangelia, Števove, Barbora, Švolíková, Kristína, Ta, Kieu Anh T., Tarkan, Ali Serhan, Top, Nildeniz, Tricarico, Elena, Uzunova, Eliza, Vardakas, Leonidas, Verreycken, Hugo, Zięba, Grzegorz, Mendoza, Roberto, "Speaking their language – development of a multilingual decision-support tool for communicating invasive species risks to decision makers and stakeholders" in Environmental Modelling & Software, 135 (2020):104900,
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envsoft.2020.104900 . .

TY  - JOUR
AU  - Vilizzi, Lorenzo
AU  - Copp, Gordon H.
AU  - Adamovich, Boris
AU  - Almeida, David
AU  - Chan, Joleen
AU  - Davison, Phil I.
AU  - Dembski, Samuel
AU  - Ekmekçi, F. Güler
AU  - Ferincz, Árpád
AU  - Forneck, Sandra C.
AU  - Hill, Jeffrey E.
AU  - Kim, Jeong-Eun
AU  - Koutsikos, Nicholas
AU  - Leuven, Rob S. E. W.
AU  - Luna, Sergio A.
AU  - Magalhães, Filomena
AU  - Marr, Sean M.
AU  - Mendoza, Roberto
AU  - Mourão, Carlos F.
AU  - Neal, J. Wesley
AU  - Onikura, Norio
AU  - Perdikaris, Costas
AU  - Piria, Marina
AU  - Poulet, Nicolas
AU  - Puntila, Riikka
AU  - Range, Inês L.
AU  - Simonović, Predrag
AU  - Ribeiro, Filipe
AU  - Tarkan, Ali Serhan
AU  - Troca, Débora F. A.
AU  - Vardakas, Leonidas
AU  - Verreycken, Hugo
AU  - Vintsek, Lizaveta
AU  - Weyl, Olaf L. F.
AU  - Yeo, Darren C. J.
AU  - Zeng, Yiwen
PY  - 2019
UR  - http://link.springer.com/10.1007/s11160-019-09562-2
UR  - https://radar.ibiss.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/3408
AB  - The freshwater Fish Invasiveness Screening Kit (FISK) has been applied in 35 risk assessment areas in 45 countries across the six inhabited continents (11 applications using FISK v1; 25 using FISK v2). The present study aimed: to assess the breadth of FISK applications and the confidence (certainty) levels associated with the decision-support tool’s 49 questions and its ability to distinguish between taxa of low-to-medium and high risk of becoming invasive, and thus provide climate-specific, generalised, calibrated thresholds for risk level categorisation; and to identify the most potentially invasive freshwater fish species on a global level. The 1973 risk assessments were carried out by 70 + experts on 372 taxa (47 of the 51 species listed as invasive in the Global Invasive Species Database www.iucngisd.org/gisd/), which in decreasing order of importance belonged to the taxonomic Orders Cypriniformes, Perciformes, Siluriformes, Characiformes, Salmoniformes, Cyprinodontiformes, with the remaining ≈ 8% of taxa distributed across an additional 13 orders. The most widely-screened species (in decreasing importance) were: grass carp Ctenopharyngodon idella, common carp Cyprinus carpio, rainbow trout Oncorhynchus mykiss, silver carp Hypophthalmichthys molitrix and topmouth gudgeon Pseudorasbora parva. Nine ‘globally’ high risk species were identified: common carp, black bullhead Ameiurus melas, round goby Neogobius melanostomus, Chinese (Amur) sleeper Perccottus glenii, brown bullhead Ameiurus nebulosus, eastern mosquitofish Gambusia holbrooki, largemouth (black) bass Micropterus salmoides, pumpkinseed Lepomis gibbosus and pikeperch Sander lucioperca. The relevance of this global review to policy, legislation, and risk assessment and management procedures is discussed.
T2  - Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries
T1  - A global review and meta-analysis of applications of the freshwater Fish Invasiveness Screening Kit
DO  - 10.1007/s11160-019-09562-2
ER  - 

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Vilizzi, L., Copp, G. H., Adamovich, B., Almeida, D., Chan, J., Davison, P. I., Dembski, S., Ekmekçi, F. G., Ferincz, Á., Forneck, S. C., Hill, J. E., Kim, J., Koutsikos, N., Leuven, R. S. E. W., Luna, S. A., Magalhães, F., Marr, S. M., Mendoza, R., Mourão, C. F., Neal, J. W., Onikura, N., Perdikaris, C., Piria, M., Poulet, N., Puntila, R., Range, I. L., Simonović, P., Ribeiro, F., Tarkan, A. S., Troca, D. F. A., Vardakas, L., Verreycken, H., Vintsek, L., Weyl, O. L. F., Yeo, D. C. J.,& Zeng, Y.. (2019). A global review and meta-analysis of applications of the freshwater Fish Invasiveness Screening Kit. in Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11160-019-09562-2

Vilizzi L, Copp GH, Adamovich B, Almeida D, Chan J, Davison PI, Dembski S, Ekmekçi FG, Ferincz Á, Forneck SC, Hill JE, Kim J, Koutsikos N, Leuven RSEW, Luna SA, Magalhães F, Marr SM, Mendoza R, Mourão CF, Neal JW, Onikura N, Perdikaris C, Piria M, Poulet N, Puntila R, Range IL, Simonović P, Ribeiro F, Tarkan AS, Troca DFA, Vardakas L, Verreycken H, Vintsek L, Weyl OLF, Yeo DCJ, Zeng Y. A global review and meta-analysis of applications of the freshwater Fish Invasiveness Screening Kit. in Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries. 2019;.
doi:10.1007/s11160-019-09562-2 .

Vilizzi, Lorenzo, Copp, Gordon H., Adamovich, Boris, Almeida, David, Chan, Joleen, Davison, Phil I., Dembski, Samuel, Ekmekçi, F. Güler, Ferincz, Árpád, Forneck, Sandra C., Hill, Jeffrey E., Kim, Jeong-Eun, Koutsikos, Nicholas, Leuven, Rob S. E. W., Luna, Sergio A., Magalhães, Filomena, Marr, Sean M., Mendoza, Roberto, Mourão, Carlos F., Neal, J. Wesley, Onikura, Norio, Perdikaris, Costas, Piria, Marina, Poulet, Nicolas, Puntila, Riikka, Range, Inês L., Simonović, Predrag, Ribeiro, Filipe, Tarkan, Ali Serhan, Troca, Débora F. A., Vardakas, Leonidas, Verreycken, Hugo, Vintsek, Lizaveta, Weyl, Olaf L. F., Yeo, Darren C. J., Zeng, Yiwen, "A global review and meta-analysis of applications of the freshwater Fish Invasiveness Screening Kit" in Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries (2019),
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11160-019-09562-2 . .

TY  - GEN
AU  - Piria, Marina
AU  - Simonović, Predrag
AU  - Kalogianni, Eleni
AU  - Vardakas, Leonidas
AU  - Koutsikos, Nicholas
AU  - Zanella, Davor
AU  - Ristovska, Milica
AU  - Apostolou, Apostolos
AU  - Adrović, Avdul
AU  - Mrdak, Danilo
AU  - Tarkan, Ali Serhan
AU  - Milošević, Dragana
AU  - Zanella, Linda N
AU  - Bakiu, Rigers
AU  - Ekmekçi, F Güler
AU  - Povž, Metka
AU  - Korro, Kastriot
AU  - Nikolić, Vera
AU  - Škrijelj, Rifat
AU  - Kostov, Vasil
AU  - Gregori, Andrej
AU  - Joy, Michael K
PY  - 2017
UR  - http://doi.wiley.com/10.1111/faf.12242
UR  - https://radar.ibiss.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/2842
AB  - Fish introductions, particularly in areas of high biological diversity and endemism, represent a major threat for biodiversity. In the Balkan Peninsula, 60 fish species have been introduced to date, of which 36 have become naturalized in inland waters. Since the Balkans are one of the world's 35 biodiversity hot spots, this large presence of alien fish species poses a serious threat for the stability of freshwater ecosystems and the survival of the native ichthyofauna and of aquatic biodiversity in general. The motivation for the introductions, and the historical timeline, varies among the Balkan states. Despite recent attempts to implement and align legislation aimed at preventing the introduction of potentially invasive species, and the implementation of rigorous controls of introductions and increased protection of open waters, the majority of current introductions remain intentional, primarily via aquaculture. This review article provides a historical overview of freshwater fish introductions, the motivation behind them a nd the current distribution of alien freshwater fishes in the Balkans. The ecological implications and future perspectives concerning alien fish species in the region are also discussed.
T2  - Fish and Fisheries
T1  - Alien freshwater fish species in the Balkans-Vectors and pathways of introduction
DO  - 10.1111/faf.12242
ER  - 

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Piria, M., Simonović, P., Kalogianni, E., Vardakas, L., Koutsikos, N., Zanella, D., Ristovska, M., Apostolou, A., Adrović, A., Mrdak, D., Tarkan, A. S., Milošević, D., Zanella, L. N., Bakiu, R., Ekmekçi, F. G., Povž, M., Korro, K., Nikolić, V., Škrijelj, R., Kostov, V., Gregori, A.,& Joy, M. K.. (2017). Alien freshwater fish species in the Balkans-Vectors and pathways of introduction. in Fish and Fisheries.
https://doi.org/10.1111/faf.12242

Piria M, Simonović P, Kalogianni E, Vardakas L, Koutsikos N, Zanella D, Ristovska M, Apostolou A, Adrović A, Mrdak D, Tarkan AS, Milošević D, Zanella LN, Bakiu R, Ekmekçi FG, Povž M, Korro K, Nikolić V, Škrijelj R, Kostov V, Gregori A, Joy MK. Alien freshwater fish species in the Balkans-Vectors and pathways of introduction. in Fish and Fisheries. 2017;.
doi:10.1111/faf.12242 .

Piria, Marina, Simonović, Predrag, Kalogianni, Eleni, Vardakas, Leonidas, Koutsikos, Nicholas, Zanella, Davor, Ristovska, Milica, Apostolou, Apostolos, Adrović, Avdul, Mrdak, Danilo, Tarkan, Ali Serhan, Milošević, Dragana, Zanella, Linda N, Bakiu, Rigers, Ekmekçi, F Güler, Povž, Metka, Korro, Kastriot, Nikolić, Vera, Škrijelj, Rifat, Kostov, Vasil, Gregori, Andrej, Joy, Michael K, "Alien freshwater fish species in the Balkans-Vectors and pathways of introduction" in Fish and Fisheries (2017),
https://doi.org/10.1111/faf.12242 . .