Aquatic Invasions in the Black, Caspian, and Mediterranean Seas: The Ctenophores
Author: Henri Dumont, Tamara A. Shiganova, Ulrich Niermann
Published by Springer Netherlands
ISBN: 978-1-4020-1866-4
DOI: 10.1007/1-4020-2152-6

Table of Contents:

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
Introduction 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
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
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

"Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Research Workshop on the Ctenophores Mnemiopsis leidyi and Beroe in the Ponto-Caspian and other Aquatic Invasions, Baku, Azerbaijan, 24-27 June 2002"--T.p. verso
Includes bibliographical references and index