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Patterns of invasive ctenophore Mnemiopsis leidyi distribution and variability in different recipient environments of the Eurasian seas: a review
Shiganova, T.A.; Sommer, U.; Javidpour, J.; Molinero, J.C.; Malej, A.; Kazmin, A.S.; Isinibilir, M.; Christou, E.; Siokou-Frangou, I.; Marambio, M.; Fuentes, V.; Mirsoyan, Z.A.; Gülsahin, N.; Lombard, F.; Lilley, M.K.S.; Angel, D.L.; Galil, B.S.; Bonnet, D.; Delpy, F. (2019). Patterns of invasive ctenophore Mnemiopsis leidyi distribution and variability in different recipient environments of the Eurasian seas: a review. Mar. Environ. Res. 152: 104791. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marenvres.2019.104791
In: Marine Environmental Research. Applied Science Publishers: Barking. ISSN 0141-1136; e-ISSN 1879-0291, more
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Keywords
    Ctenophora [WoRMS]; Mnemiopsis leidyi A. Agassiz, 1865 [WoRMS]
    Marine/Coastal
Author keywords
    Invasive ctenophores; Mnemiopsis leidyi; Distribution patterns;Phenology; Native habitats; Recipient eurasian seas

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  • Shiganova, T.A.
  • Sommer, U.
  • Javidpour, J.
  • Molinero, J.C.
  • Malej, A.
  • Kazmin, A.S.
  • Isinibilir, M.
  • Christou, E.
  • Siokou-Frangou, I.
  • Marambio, M.
  • Fuentes, V.
  • Mirsoyan, Z.A.
  • Gülsahin, N.
  • Lombard, F.
  • Lilley, M.K.S.
  • Angel, D.L.
  • Galil, B.S.
  • Bonnet, D.
  • Delpy, F.

Abstract
    Harmful invader ctenophore Mnemiopsis leidyi's expansions in the Eurasian Seas, its spatio-temporal population dynamics depending on environmental conditions in recipient habitats have been synthesized.

    M. leidyi found suitable temperature, salinity and productivity conditions in the temperate and subtropical environments of the semi-enclosed seas, in the coastal areas of open basins and in closed water bodies, where it created autonomous populations. M. leidyi changes its phenology depending on seasonal temperature regime in different environments.

    We assessed ranges of sea surface temperature, sea surface salinity and sea surface chlorophyll values, sufficient for M. leidyi general occurrence and reproduction based on comprehensive long-term datasets, contributed by co-authors. This assessment revealed that there are at least two eco-types (Southern and Northern) in the recipient seas of Eurasia with features specific for their donor areas. The range of thresholds for M. leidyi establishment, occurrence and life cycle in both eco-types depends on variability of environmental parameters in their native habitats.


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