Marine Invasive Species Risk Profiles for the ROPME Sea Area

Supplementary materials for a biosecurity baseline study include standardized profiles for 192 marine taxa. The data includes taxonomic information, native ranges, occurrence records, and quantitative invasion risk scores under baseline and climate-change scenarios. The materials were authored by Lorenzo Vilizzi and last updated on May 20, 2026.

Use Cases

• Prioritizing invasive species for management based on quantitative AS-ISK risk scores.
• Analyzing potential climate change impacts on marine invasion risk for 192 taxa.
• Mapping the reported occurrence of screened species across ROPME Member States.
• Auditing the evidence base for regional risk assessments using the provided screening reports and justifications.

Strengths

• Contains standardized profiles for 192 screened marine taxa.
• Provides quantitative risk scores under both baseline and climate-change scenarios.
• Includes full questionnaire responses and literature justifications for transparency.
• Released under a permissive CC-BY-4.0 license.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Data is provided as PDF files, which may complicate automated analysis.

Provenance

Source

Lorenzo Vilizzi via figshare.

Collection Method

Data was generated using the Aquatic Species Invasiveness Screening Kit (AS-ISK v2.4.1).

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-20 14:06:04; freshness should be verified.

Geography

ROPME Sea Area (Regional Organization for the Protection of the Marine Environment).