Aquatic Invasions in the Black, Caspian, and Mediterranean Seas

The present volume contains the presentations of a NATO advanced Research Workshop (ARW) entitled “The invasion of the Black, Mediterranean and Caspian Seas by the American Ctenophore, Mnemiopsis leidyi Agassiz: a multidisciplinary perspective and a comparison with other aquatic invasions”, held on...

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Other Authors: Dumont, Henri J. (Editor), Shiganova, Tamara A. (Editor), Niermann, Ulrich (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht Springer Netherlands 2004, 2004
Edition:1st ed. 2004
Series:NATO Science Series: IV:, Earth and Environmental Sciences
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Collection: Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • , and their interaction
  • Mnemiopsis leidyi: Distribution and Effect on the Black Sea Ecosystem During the First Years of Invasion in Comparison with Other Gelatinous Blooms
  • Interactions between the invading ctenophores Mnemiopsis leidyi (A. Agassiz) and Beroe ovata Mayer 1912, and their influence on the Pelagic ecosystem of the Northeastern Black Sea
  • Population dynamics of Mnemiopsis leidyi in the Caspian Sea, and effects on the Caspian ecosystem
  • Distribution and biology of Mnemiopsis leidyi in the Northern Aegean Sea, and comparison with the indigenous Bolinopsis vitrea
  • Effects of Beroe cf ovata on gelatinous and other zooplankton along the Bulgarian Black Sea Coast
  • Decreased levels of the invasive ctenophore Mnemiopsis in the Marmara Sea in 2001
  • Preliminary investigation on the molecular systematics of The invasive ctenophore Beroe ovata
  • of Beroe cf ovata to the Caspian Sea needed to control Mnemiopsis leidyi
  • Feeding, respiration and growth of ctenophore Beroe cf ovata in the low salinity conditions of the Caspian Sea
  • A brief résumé of the status of the Mnemiopsis population in the Turkmen sector of the Caspian Sea according to observations during the first half of 2002
  • Dynamics of Mnemiopsis distribution in the Azerbaijan sector of the Caspian Sea in 2001–2002
  • Investigation on the distribution and biomass of Mnemiopsis in the Kazakhstan sector of the Caspian Sea in May 2002
  • Ponto-Caspian species invading Europe; information network
  • Range extensions of Ponto-Caspian aquatic invertebrates in Continental Europe
  • Living in a sea of exotics — the Baltic case
  • Internet-based information resources on aquatic alien species relevant to the Ponto-Caspian Region
  • Other Mediterranean Invaders
  • Invasion of the Jellyfish Pelagia noctiluca inthe Northern Adriatic: a non-success story
  • Caulerpa taxifolia: 18 years of infestation in the Mediterranean Sea
  • Conclusions from the meeting
  • Conclusions from the meeting