Dear visitors,
Below please find a brief summary on what is known about the divesity of aquatic alien species in Belarus as of the beginning of 2009.
In 2008, 4 new established alien species have been reported from the waterbodies of Belarus, including the snail Ferrisia fragilis, amphipods Obesogammarus obesus and Obesogammarus crassus, and the fish Syngnathus abaster. Thus, there are 55 known alien species present now in the waters of the country. As previously, this pool of invaders is dominated by fishes and crustaceans - a situation very similar to that in many other parts of the world (figure).
Taxonomic diversity of aquatic alien species of animals in waterbodies of Belarus
(at the Phylum level, n = 55).
The following scientific papers on alien species of Belarus were piblished in 2008:
- Semenchenko V and Vezhnovetz V (2008) Two new invasive Ponto-Caspian amphipods reached the Pripyat River. Aquaitc Invasions 3(4): 457-459
- Semenchenko VP, Laenko T, Razlutskij V (2008) A new record of the North American gastropod Physella acuta (Draparnaud 1805) from the Neman River basin, Belarus. Aquatic Invasions 3(3): 359-360
- Semenchenko V and Laenko T (2008) First record of the invasive North American gastropod Ferrissia fragilis (Tryon, 1863) from the Pripyat River basin, Belarus. Aquatic Invasions 3(1): 80-82
- Mastitsky SE and Veres YK (2008) Ecological risk associated with the spread of alien species of fishes across the waterbodies of Belarus. Voprosy Rybnogo Khozyaystva Belarusi 24: 308-310 (in Russian with English summary)
- Makarevich TA, Mastitsky SE, Savich IV (2008) Phytoperiphyton on the shells of Dreissena polymorpha (Pallas) in Lake Naroch. Aquatic Invasions 3(3): 283-295
- Makarevich TA and Mastitsky SE (2008) Abundance of the periphyton growing on shells of the mollusc Dreissena polymorpha (Pallas) in mesotrophic Lake Naroch. Vovrosy Rybnogo Khozhyaystva Belarusi 24: 303-305
- Panov VE, Alexandrov B, Arbaciauskas K, Grabowski M, Leuven RSEW, Mastitsky S, Minchin D, Nehring S, Olenin S, Paunovic M, Semenchenko V and Son M (2007) Biological invasions via European inland waterways: Towards development of the risk assessment tool. In: Abstr. International conference “Risk Assessment in European river basins – state of the art and future challenges”, 12-14 November 2007, Leipzig. Germany: 59-62
- Panov VE, Alexandrov B, Arbaciauskas K, Binimelis R, Copp GH, Daunys D, Gozlan RE, Grabowski M, Lucy F, Leuven RSEW, Mastitsky S, Minchin D, Monterroso I, Nehring S, Olenin S, Paunovic M, Rodriguez-Labajos B, Semenchenko V and Son M (2008) Interim protocols for risk assessment of aquatic invasive species introductions via European inland waterways. EC FP6 Integrated Project ALARM Deliverable D4.1.3.10, 30 pp.
- Karatayev AY, Mastitsky SE, Burlakova LE and Olenin S (2008) Past, current and future of the central European corridor for aquatic invasions in Belarus. Biological Invasions 10: 215-232
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