Contents:

I - Executive summary

        1. Introduction
        2. Shipping routes and vectors
        3. Ecology of invasions
        4. Prospective trends
        5. Conclusions and recommended actions

II - Workshop communications

Routes of invasions
- Analysis of shipping patterns in the Mediterranean and Black seas.
J.-P. Dobler

- Black Sea - Baltic Sea invasion corridors.
S. Olenin

Ecology of invasions
- Ship-transported virio- and bacterio- plankton.
L.A. Drake

- Phytoplankton introductions in European coastal waters: why are so few invasions reported?
T. Wyatt and J.T. Carlton

- Plankton stowaways in the Black Sea Ð Impacts on biodiversity and ecosystem health.
S.P. Moncheva and L.T. Kamburska

- Assessing scale and impact of ship-transported alien macrophytes in the Mediterranean Sea.
C.F. Boudouresque and M. Verlaque

- Assessing scale and impact of ship-transported alien fauna in the Mediterranean?
H. Zibrowius

- Susceptibility to invasion: assessing scale and impact of alien biota in the Northern Adriatic.
A. Occhipinti-Ambrogi

- The Ponto-Caspian region: predicting the identity of potential invaders.
B. Öztürk

- Assessing extent and impact of ship-transported alien species in the Black Sea.
A.E. Kideys

- Propagule supply as a driver of biological invasions.
G.M. Ruiz

- Ship-driven biological invasions in the Mediterranean Sea.
F. Boero

Risk assessment and management
- Options for managing ballast water to reduce marine speciesÕ transfer.
R. Boelens

- Shipping: global changes and management of bioinvasions.
D. Minchin

- Harmful aquatic organisms in shipsÕ ballast water Ð Ballast water risk assessment
S. Raaymakers and R. Hilliard