Stefan Nehring

TL;DR: A conceptual risk assessment model for invasive alien species introductions via European inland waterways, with specific protocols that focus on the development of environmental indicators within the socioeconomic context of the driving forces–pressures–state–impact–response framework is developed.

TL;DR: The earliest civilizations flourished on the banks of navigable rivers as discussed by the authors and their first monumental hydrological construction projects were concerned with irrigation and transport: around 2200 B.C., the Shatt-el-hai, linking the Tigris and Euphrates rivers in Mesopotamia, was excavated; in the 6th century BC, a canal was built that joined the Nile with the northern Red Sea, and in the 4th century C.C, the Grand Canal in China connected Peking to Hangzhou, a distance of almost 1,000 km.

TL;DR: The German-Austrian Black List Information System (GABLIS) as mentioned in this paper is a risk assessment tool for invasive alien species (IAS) in Germany and Austria, which includes three main list categories (White List, Grey List, and Black List).

TL;DR: More than 140 aquatic alien species have been reported from coastlines of the North Sea and the Baltic Sea and from inland waters within the national borders of Germany and the majority of these species has established self-sustaining populations.