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Overview"The Mediterranean, Black, and Caspian Seas represent three fragments of the former Tethys Sea, and are thus of great interest to understanding the evolution of the entire region where Eurasia, Africa and the Arabian Peninsula meet. Fishing activity and maritime traffic through the Dardanelles and Bosporus, and via the Lenin Canal to the Caspian Sea, have greatly intensified. Moreover, all major European rivers are now linked by canals, meaning that ships can navigate from the mouth of the Volga to the Baltic, from the Danube to the Rhine, and from there to all other major European Rivers. Such an anastomosed system not only allows ships to pass between basins: biota follow in their wake, and thus the Black Sea and Caspian fauna and flora, long sequestered in their closed basins, are suddenly given an opportunity to ""escape"". On the other hand, alien invaders increasingly find their way to the three seas, as stowaways in ballast water tanks or attached to the hulls. Some of the newcomers expanded to enormous numbers in the receiving ecosystem, where they may cause great economic damage. The book provides an up-to-date overview of the situation in the Ponto-Caspian with regard to the jelly invasions that have been perturbing the local pelagic ecosystems since the early 1980s, contrasting that with biological invasions elsewhere, to try and identify general underlying principles." Full Product DetailsAuthor: Henri J. Dumont , Tamara A. Shiganova , Ulrich NiermannPublisher: Springer-Verlag New York Inc. Imprint: Springer-Verlag New York Inc. Volume: 35 Dimensions: Width: 15.50cm , Height: 1.90cm , Length: 23.50cm Weight: 1.390kg ISBN: 9781402018664ISBN 10: 1402018665 Pages: 314 Publication Date: 29 June 2004 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. 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.ReviewsAuthor InformationTab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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