Invasive Aquatic Species of Europe. Distribution, Impacts and Management

1. Vectors

   1. Vectors — How Exotics Get Around

      • Dan Minchin, Stephan Gollasch

      Pages 183-192

   2. Oyster Imports as a Vector for the Introduction of Alien Species into Northern and Western European Coastal Waters

      • Wim J. Wolff, Karsten Reise

      Pages 193-205

   3. Exotics for Stocking and Aquaculture, Making Correct Decisions

      • Dan Minchin, Harald Rosenthal

      Pages 206-216

   4. Life in Ballast Tanks

      • Stephan Gollasch, Elspeth Macdonald, Sara Belson, Helge Botnen, Jens T. Christensen, John P. Hamer et al.

      Pages 217-231

   5. Ballast Tank Sediments

      • John P. Hamer

      Pages 232-234

2. Regional Overviews

   1. Biological Invasions in The White Sea

      • Victor J. A. Berger, Andrew D. Naumov

      Pages 235-239

   2. Introduced Marine Organisms in Norwegian Waters, Including Svalbard

      • Christopher C. E. Hopkins

      Pages 240-252

   3. The Baltic Sea — A Field Laboratory for Invasion Biology

      • Erkki Leppäkoski, Sergej Olenin, Stephan Gollasch

      Pages 253-259

   4. Introduced Marine Species of the North Sea Coasts

      • Karsten Reise, Stephan Gollasch, Wim J. Wolff

      Pages 260-266

   5. Exotics of Coastal and Inland Waters of Ireland and Britain

      • Dan Minchin, Clare Eno

      Pages 267-275

   6. Open Atlantic Coast of Europe — A Century of Introduced Species into French Waters

      • Philippe Goulletquer, Guy Bachelet, Pierre Guy Sauriau, Pierre Noel

      Pages 276-290

   7. Review of Non-Native Marine Plants in the Mediterranean Sea

      • Maria A. Ribera Siguan

      Pages 291-310

   8. Current Status of Aquatic Introductions in Italy

      • Anna Occhipinti Ambrogi

      Pages 311-324

   9. A Sea Change — Exotics in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea

      • Bella S. Galil, Argyro Zenetos

      Pages 325-336

   10. The Marmara Sea, a Link between the Mediterranean and the Black Sea

       • Bayram Ozturk

       Pages 337-340

   11. The Black Sea — A Recipient, Donor and Transit Area for Alien Species

       • Marian-Traian Gomoiu, Boris Alexandrov, Nickolai Shadrin, Yuvenaly Zaitsev

       Pages 341-350

   12. Invaders in the Caspian Sea

       • Nikolai V. Aladin, Igor S. Plotnikov, Andrei A. Filippov

       Pages 351-359

   13. Invasions by Alien Species in Inland Freshwater Bodies in Western Europe: The Rhine Delta

       • Gerard van der Velde, Ivan Nagelkerken, Sanjeevi Rajagopal, Abraham Bij de Vaate

       Pages 360-372

   14. Biological Invasions into German Waters: An Evaluation of the Importance of Different Human-Mediated Vectors for Nonindigenous Macrozoobenthic Species

       • Stefan Nehring

       Pages 373-383

   15. Invasive Ponto-Caspian Species in Waters of the Vistula and Oder Basins and the Southern Baltic Sea

       • Krzysztof Jazdzewski, Alicja Konopacka

       Pages 384-398

The global scale of alien species invasions is becoming more and more evident in the beginning ofthe new millennium. Though the problem ofbiological invasions became a rapidly growing research area, there are large gaps still, both geographically and the­ matically, to be filled in the near future. This book is the first attempt to provide an overall picture of aquatic species invasions in Europe. Its geographical scope stretches from Irish waters in the west to Volga River and the Caspian Sea in the east, and from Mediterranean in the south up to the Arctic coast of Europe. Not all parts of the continent could be equally covered, as in some countries species invasions are not studied yet. The book tends to represent the array of all major European aquatic systems on the broadest geographical and ecological scope possible from fully saline seas, semi-enclosed brackish water bodies and coastallagoons to freshwater lakes, major river systems and waterways. The key objectives include the present status and impacts caused by non-native aquatic species in European waters. Please note that lengthy species lists submitted for publication and additional informa­ tion were put on the Internet, as the electronical version of these tables benefits from computer assisted search for data (http://www. ku. lt/nemo/EuroAquaInvaders. htm). Altogether more than 100 scientists from 24 countries have joined to synthesize the available information on bioinvasions. However, the book does not claim to be fully comprehensive.

• Ecology
• Scale
• Sediment
• algae
• aquaculture
• development
• ecosystem
• ecosystem dynamics
• environment
• marine species
• climate change

"This book gives an excellent up-to-date review of aquatic species invasions in Europe. The editors have done an excellent job in collecting all these contributions, which give a nice overview of our knowledge of the introduced species in European waters. It is the standard work for invasions in European waters up to the year 2000. This book is well produced, reasonably priced and is highly recommended!"
(Aquatic Ecology, 37 (2003)

• Department of Biology, Åbo Akademi University, Turku, Finland

  Erkki Leppäkoski

• GoConsult, Germany

  Stephan Gollasch

• Coastal Research and Planning Institute, Klaipeda University, Klaipeda, Lithuania

  Sergej Olenin

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