Aquatic Invasions in the Black, Caspian, and Mediterranean Seas The Ctenophores Mnemiopsis leidyi and Beroe in the Ponto-Caspian and other Aquatic Invasions /

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Dumont, Henri (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Shiganova, Tamara A. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Niermann, Ulrich (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2004.
• Σειρά: Nato Science Series: IV: Earth and Environmental Sciences, IV: Earth and Environmental Science, 35
• Θέματα: Life sciences.; Earth sciences.; Agriculture.; Ecology.; Aquatic ecology.; Invertebrates.; Environmental economics.; Life Sciences.; Freshwater & Marine Ecology.; Earth Sciences, general.; Environmental Economics.

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...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• , 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 in the Northern Adriatic: a non-success story
• Caulerpa taxifolia: 18 years of infestation in the Mediterranean Sea
• Conclusions from the meeting
• Conclusions from the meeting.