Aquatic invasions in the Black, Caspian, and Mediterranean seas [electronic resource] : the ctenophores Mnemio | NATO Advanced Research Workshop on the Ctenophores Mnemiopsis leidyi and Beroe in the Ponto-Caspian and other Aquatic Invasions (2002 : Baku, Azerbaijan), Dumont, H. J. (Henri J.), Shiganova, Tamara A, Niermann, Ulrich, ebrary, Inc

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